Five generations of elite aristocratic dynastyYusupov were the owners of the palace on the Moika from in St Petersburg from 1830 to 1917.
The palace went down in the domestic history and how the murder scene
Grigory Rasputin - Siberian peasant who became a
beginning of XX century spiritual mentor and family friend
Emperor Nicholas II . The tragedy took place the night of 17
December 1916 on the residential half of the young Prince Felix Yusupov.

The Yusupov Palace also functions as a cultural centre, hosting classical concerts and theatre performances in the beautiful rococo Palace Theatre and the equally impressive White-Columns Hall.