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Felix Yusupov, belonged to one of the most noble and wealthy Russian families, the son of Princess Zinaida Yusupova (last in the race, leading from the origin of Nogai Khan Yousuf-Murza, a father of having a nephew of the Prophet Muhammad), and FF Yusupova (Sr.), Earl Sumarokov-Elston.
He studied at Oxford University (1909-1912) and the officers' course at the Page Corps (1915-1916).
After the night of December 17, 1916 at the palace Yusupova Rasputin was killed, deported to his father's estate in Kursk Province Rakitnoe under secret police surveillance.
After the February revolution, the Minister of Justice Kerensky March 4, 1917 ordered the murder of Rasputin to stop, and the book. Yusupov allowed to return to St. Petersburg.
After the October Revolution book. Felix emigrated to London and then Paris, where he lived until his death in 1967.

Portrait of Felix Yusupov work Serov, written in 1903.