 prince felix felixovich yusupov, count sumarokov-elston (;variously transliterated from cyrillic as yussupov, yusupov, yossopov, iusupov, youssoupov, youssoupoff, or as feliks, graf sumarrokow-elston. march 23, 1887, st petersburg, russian empire â september 27, 1967, paris, france) was a russian aristocrat, a prince and count, best known for participating in the assassination of grigori rasputin. ==biography==  felix yusupov was born in the moika palace in saint petersburg, capital of the russian empire. his father was count felix felixovich sumarokov-elston, the son of count felix nikolaievich sumarokov-elston. zinaida yusupova, his mother, being the last of the yusupov line, was of crimean tatars origin and very wealthy.in order that the yusupov name might not die out, his father (october 5, 1856, st petersburg â june 10, 1928, rome, italy) was granted the title and the surname of his wife, princess zenaida nikolaievna yusupova (september 2, 1861, saint petersburg â november 24, 1939, paris) upon their marriage, on april 4, 1882 in st petersburg. in may 1915 there were serious anti-german riots in moscow. as the governor-general of the city, he was fired for a lack of control. after the october revolution, he moved to kiev and left russia in april 1919. the yusupov family, richer than any of the romanovs, acquired their wealth generations earlier. it included four palaces in petrograd (st. petersburg), three palaces in moscow, 37 estates in different parts of russia (kursk, voronezh and poltava), coal and iron-ore mines, plants and factories, flour mills and oil fields on the caspian sea.http://www.guide-guru.com/best-of-st-petersburg-attractions/yusupovs-palace/  felix led a flamboyant life. "at twelv
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