Word: yussupov
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...calculated horror Prince Felix Yussupov, cousin by marriage to Tsar Nicholas II, tells in a book Rasputin* (ras-poo-teen), published in the U. S. last week, how the peasant monk wove a "tangle of dark intrigue, egotistical self-seeking, hysterical madness and vainglorious pursuit of power, which wrapped the throne in an impenetrable web and isolated the monarch from his people"; how in greasy boots he walked over the imperial parquets; how he gained almost complete mastery over the Tsar and Tsarina; how Prince Yussupov and the Grand Duke Dimitri, murdered him in an attempt to deliver the royal...
Describing Rasputin, Prince Yussupov says: "He was of medium height, thickset, yet rather thin, with long arms. His big head was covered with an untidy tangle of hair. Above his forehead there was a bald patch which, as I subsequently learned, came from a blow administered to him for horse stealing. He seemed to be about 40 years old. He was wearing a long coat, wide trousers and long boots. . . . His whole bearing attracted attention; he appeared unconstrained in his movements, and yet there seemed to be something dissembled about him-something suspicious, cowardly and searching...
Rasputin ate greedily of the cake but it did not seem to affect him. He drank poisoned wine, seemingly without effect. "Play something cheerful. I like to hear you sing," said the monk to his worried host, Prince Yussupov. He sang...
...even then Rasputin did not die. Alarmed and amazed, Prince Yussupov called in the other conspirators. Entering the room they saw the monk crawling across the floor "bellowing and snorting like a wounded animal." Several more shots were fired and the body of the monk was tossed over the bridge, as planned...
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