Zinaida Yusupova
Russian princess (1861-1939) · Russia · On the map · Died at 78
Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova was a Russian noblewoman, the only heiress of Russia's largest private fortune of her time. Famed for her beauty, the lavishness of her hospitality, and her extensive charity, she was a leading figure in pre-Revolutionary Russian society.
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Zinaida as a child with her younger sister Tatiana
The Yusupov family in 1902, from left to right: Prince Felix, Prince Nicholas, Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston, and Princess Zinaida
Portrait of Princess Zinaida Yusupova with her sons in her Arkhangelskoye estate by François Flameng, 1894
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In 1882, she married Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston, who served briefly as General Governor of Moscow Military District (1914-1915). Zinaida is best known as the mother of Prince Felix Yusupov, the murderer of Grigori Rasputin. In April 1919 she left Russia and spent her remaining years living in exile.