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204: 567: 20: 585: 577: 306: 678:. They owned mechanical and agricultural shops, enterprises for tanning sheepskin, cloth, lace and two carpet factories, wind and mechanical mills, forges, parochial schools and railway, a district hospital, houses in the village and Rakitno GEST at the railway junction, the palace complex with a magnificent park and three cascading ponds, the Church of the Assumption and St. Nicholas Church in the village Rakitno; paved roads and a railway station was built. 470: 396: 440:, a patron of the arts. He first served in Nicholas's chancery. Nikolai bought a large collection of jewellery, including a 36 carat (7.2 g) diamond known as the Morocco Sultan. The prince later spent much of his time in Southern Europe due to poor health, while also serving the tsar as a diplomat. While in Europe, he bought much to adorn his palace on the Moika, including collections of violins and paintings. He married 413:), Marshal of the Imperial Court, inherited his immense family wealth, including more than 675,000 acres (2730 km) of land and more than 40,000 serfs living on it. But unlike his father, Boris was not a patron of the arts. Instead, he was primarily occupied with business concerns. Boris moved to the 728:'s descendant. They moved to Greece with their children, although recently they were granted Russian citizenship by the Russian President. Princess Irina Felixovna Yusupova died on 30 August 1983 at Cormeilles in France. She was buried alongside her paternal grandparents and her parents at the cemetery 421:'s mother, and their only son Nikolai. The Arkhangelskoye palace was soon derelict; the animals in the palace zoo were sold and much of the collection moved. Boris focused on the family granaries and developed good relationships with the peasants who worked in them. He died in 1849. 670:
the Yusupovs owned more than 100,000 acres (400 km) of land and their industries included sugarbeet factories, brick plants, saw-mills, textile and cardboard factories, mines and distilleries, in addition to more than 16 palaces and estates.
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When Nicholas Yusupov died in 1891, he was succeeded by his daughter, Zinaida, who was considered a legendary beauty at the time, as well as one of the richest women in the country. Her suitors included the crown prince of Bulgaria.
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Elisaveta Borisovna Yusupova (27 April 1745 – 29 August 1770), married on 13 February 1764 to General-Major Prince Andrei Mikhailovich Galitzine (15 August 1729 – 23 February 1770), with large offspring
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palace in St. Petersburg (also known as Yusupov Palace) with his second wife, Zenaida Ivanovna Narishkina (18 May 1810 – 26 February 1893), a descendant of the same house as
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Grigori Grigorievich Yusupov (died 1737), Colonel, married firstly to Princess Maria Petrovna Korkodinova, and married secondly to Princess Yevdokia Nikolaievna
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On the Family of the Yusupov Princes: A Collection of Their Life Stories, Charters and Letters of the Russian Sovereigns to Them
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Alexandra Borisovna Yusupova (1744–1791), married to Senator Ivan Mikhailovich Izmailov (30 January 1724 – 10 November 1787)
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he was appointed head of the Imperial Schools. In 1756, he encouraged the Empress to form the first Public Theatre in
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bestowed upon him the title of Prince Yusupov. His descendant Prince Grigori Dmitrievich Yusupov (17 November 1676,
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Anna Borisovna Yusupova (1749–1772), married in 1771 to Alexander Yakovlevich Protasov (1742 – 27 April 1799),
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Sergei Grigorievich Yusupov (died 1734), Subcolonel, unmarried and without any issue
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and helped him with the construction of the Russian Navy. In 1720 he was given a
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Nikita Ivanovich Akinfov. The couple had, besides Boris, three more children:
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and to pass it to his and Zinaida's heir. Felix was appointed adjutant to the
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After his father-in-law died, Felix was granted special permission from Tsar
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In April 1919, he left Russia for Paris, never to return. His daughter,
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The Yusupovs left an imprint on the economic and social development of
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Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
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At the age of 42, Prince Boris Nikolaievich Yusupov (9 June 1794,
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in 1904 and commanded the cavalry of the Imperial Guards.
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The older son of Zinaida and Felix Sumarokov-Elston,
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The couple lived together in 304: 202: 186:Maria Grigorievna Yusupova (died 1738), 160:, the country estate and manor house in 18: 380:(1 January 1769 – 23 May 1841), one of 180:, without any issue from both marriages 899: 683:Nikolay Felixovich Yusupov (1883–1908) 388:, their luxurious summer residence in 876:- Yusupov's self-biography until 1919 602:Princess Zinaida Nikolaievna Yusupova 124:, another descendant, converted from 492:adding citations to reliable sources 463: 642:Felix Nikolaievich Sumarokov-Elston 353:, to Austria, where he met Emperor 90:and laying the foundations for the 13: 701:, niece of the last Russian Tsar, 644:. They married on 4 April 1882 in 273:(1769–1795) and the first Duke of 23:Yusupov family coat of arms (1799) 14: 943: 426:Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov 378:Tatiana Vasilievna von Engelhardt 468: 226:in 1738, Senator (18 June 1695, 61: 837:. 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Russian
Russian
princely
Nogai Horde
Felix Yusupov
Grigori Rasputin
Edigu
Mongol
Manghud
Tamerlane
Black Sea
Nogai Horde
Crimean Khanate
Nogai Horde
Ivan the Terrible
Söyembikä
Kazan
Moscow
Abdul Mirza
Islam
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Dmitry
Feodor I
Moscow
Moscow
Minister of Defence
Peter the Great
fief
Rakityansky District

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