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Yusupov Palace

A princely palace on the Moika, with a jewel-box theater and the cellar where Rasputin was murdered.

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Open
Every day
Price
Paid
Time Needed
1½ hours
Address
Moika Embankment 94, St. PetersburgDirections
Getting There
About 15 minutes on foot from Admiralteyskaya metro station.

Why Go

The Yusupovs, one of Russia's richest families, filled the palace with silk-walled halls and a small rococo theater. In the basement, a waxwork scene recalls the night in December 1916 when Prince Felix Yusupov and fellow plotters killed Grigori Rasputin.

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