Biography of Felix Yusupov

He tried to engage in many things in life, but went down in history as one of the killers of Grigory Rasputin. Subsequently, being in exile, Yusupov even wrote two books of memoirs about this, the fees for which were the main source of his income. In addition, Felix was one of the first people who managed to win a lawsuit against the film company and receive compensation for moral damage in the form of a rather tidy amount.

It should be noted that the princess wanted and waited for her daughter, so when Felix was born, she did not treat him like a boy, but dressed up in pink dresses, accustomed to jewelry and even taught to paint. The strange whim of his mother laid a huge imprint on the whole future life of this unusual person. Over the years, the main entertainment of Yusupov was the following: in a women's dress, trying to be unrecognized, walk along the boulevard or lunch in a restaurant.

All Russian nobility spoke about the oddities of the Golden Boy, he was even accused of homosexuality, although no one had this evidence. Yusupov, dressed in an ancient costume for the play by Romanov Felix, graduated from a prestigious private gymnasium, and later Oxford University, where he founded Russian society, since he was always a patriot of his homeland until the end of his life, but exclusively in the monarchical version.

In the young years, Yusupov and his elder brother Nikolai were passionate fans of the theater. Moreover, young people themselves performed on stage. Eyewitnesses claimed that Felix had an outstanding acting talent, which was especially noticeable in the art of reincarnation into other people. And we are talking not only about the very convincing performance of female roles, but also about the creation of very realistic images of male characters on the stage - from commoners to Cardinal Richelieu.

Photo by Felix Yusupov Russia Romanov at the age of 21 Yusupov unexpectedly turned into the only heir to the huge family state of his family. The fact is that his elder brother Nikolai died on a duel by the hands of Count Arvid Manteifel, who thus defended the honor of his wife, seduced by Yusupov Sr. However, as further life will show, Felix was not destined to enjoy wealth.

The murder of Rasputin in the year Felix Yusupov and Dmitry Pavlovich Romanov, his Shurin, together with the deputy of the State Duma Vladimir Purishkevich, organized a conspiracy against a friend and close Russian emperor Nicholas II - Grigory Rasputin. Felix later said: each of the three men independently came to the idea that all the troubles of Russia at the beginning of the 20th century were associated precisely with the name of the “tsarist old man”.

When they began to discuss, they came to the conclusion - Rasputin must be stopped at all costs. But the initiator and the embodiment of the conspiracy is considered to be Yusupov. Conspiracy: Dmitry Romanov, Felix Yusupov, Vladimir Purishkevich on the penultimate day of the year he invited Grigory Rasputin to his house and, under the pretext of showing a place where he usually feasts with guests, lured him to the basement.

Having offered Gregory to leave St. Petersburg forever and received a refusal, Felix took out a gun and shot in Rasputin. The testimonies in the office of the investigator of the three conspirators will differ significantly from each other and diverge greatly with the facts discovered by the investigation. Definitely we can only say that three shots were fired in the old man, and later the dead body was taken by a car to the Petrovsky bridge and thrown into the river.

Wax figures in the Yusupov Museum, recreating the scene of the murder of Grigory Rasputin Liveinternet, was very angry with the act of Yusupov and his accomplices. Most likely, they would have been waiting for a death sentence, but due to the participation in the case of Prince Dmitry, the investigation was delayed. Meanwhile, Purishkevich was sent to the front, Romanov - to Persia, and Prince Felix expected a house arrest in the family estate in the Kursk province.

But the death of Rasputin entailed the February and then the October Revolution, and Yusupov leaves abroad, where he appears primarily in any society as “the same killer”. By the way, a man later writes the recalling books “The End of Rasputin” and “Memoirs” about these tragic events. Social activity must be emphasized that Yusupov was a patriot and a rather generous person.

During the First World War, he organized hospitals in St. Petersburg at his own expense. In the first of them, created in the house on Litein Prospekt, Felix worked himself until he received permission to go to annual officer courses in the Page Corps. Looking ahead, it is worth adding that during the Second World War, Prince Yusupov will take a very interesting position: he did not want to support the Nazis who occupied France, but also categorically respected the proposal to return to St.

Petersburg, referring to rejection of the Soviet Union as a state. At first he settled in Malta, and later moved to London and already from there to Paris.Having sold all the jewelry that they were able to take with them, the Yusupov bought a house in the Bulo forest on Pierre Geren Street, where Felix lived until the end of his life. It is interesting that there was so many property remained in Russia in Russia that the plunder of the house lasted at least a week.

But, even significantly impoverished, Felix continued to help the refugees. Together with his mother, he organized a special fund, and also gave a shelter in his house. The take -off of popularity was so rapid that it can only be compared with the same instant fall. The time for great depression came, and Felix could not rebuild and continued to lead a wasteful lifestyle, so the enterprise went bankrupt.

Photos of Felix Yusupov Russia Romanovs were replenished by the release of a book about Rasputin, as well as due to unprecedented insolence-filing a claim for the American film company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The fact is that the film “Rasputin and the Empress” is released in the year, which says that the wife of Yusupov was the mistress of Gregory. Felix, whom everyone convinced of the futility of his actions, suits the court and manages to prove the unreasonableness and unfoundation of the script of the film.

MGM pays him 25 thousand pounds, which at that time is considered a huge amount. In addition, this precedent served that now in the credits of the movies they write phrases like “based on the work” and “similarity with real persons is not a worst.” Young Felix personal life was considered one of the most beautiful men among the Russian nobility. Many of the fairer sex went crazy about him.

It was rumored that men repeatedly looked at such a sugary appearance. But Yusupov dispelled all the suspicions of the non -traditional orientation, marrying Princess Irina Alexandrovna Romanova, his niece niece of sovereign Nicholas II. In the year, the spouses had a daughter Irina, whose godsoners, by the way, became the emperor and his wife Empress Maria Fedorovna. Later, the young man will become famous as a sculptor and artist.

His work is decorated with museums of many countries, and are also represented in central squares in North America and Europe. The drawings of the Monsters cycle, created by Felix Yusupov by the way, Yusupov himself also once tried himself in the visual arts. After the first edition of the book of memoirs, Felix suddenly took up mascara and watercolor and created a series of infernal portraits under the general name “monsters”.

In just a few weeks, they painted 15 works, and more Felix never returned to this lesson. It is believed that these portraits are associated with nightmares that pursued Yusupov all his life. About half of these drawings were stored in the gallery of Christian Betonier. Death passed away the last heir to the famous family of the Yusupov princes at the age of 80, on September 27.

He was buried in Paris, in the Russian cemetery in the Saint-Genevieve-de-Bois area, in the same grave with his mother Zinaida Nikolaevna. It is interesting that a cross was laid on the chest of the deceased, cut out of a chip from the tomb of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fedorovna, who patronized him all his life. The wife of Felix Yusupova survived her husband for only three years. The completely amazing story of Felix's house on Pierre Geren Street.

Shortly after the death of Princess Irina Alexandrovna, the house suddenly fell under the ground, reminding the witnesses of this picture, Edgar's story on “The fall of the House of Asher”. Felix Yusupov, in old age, live magazine about Felix Feliksovich Yusupov, many books were written and many films have been shot. Almost always, when they film the history of the life of sovereign Nicholas II or Grigory Rasputin, a character of this unusual person is necessarily present.