prince Felix Feliksovich Yusupov, graph Sumarokov-Elston(March 11 (23), St. Petersburg, Russian Empire - September 27, Paris, France) - the last of the Yusupov princes, known as a participant in the murder of G. Rasputin and the author of two books of memoirs - "The End of Rasputin" (1927) and "Memoirs "(1953).

In Russia

In his memoirs, F.F. Yusupov interestingly and captivatingly tells that in his youth, he and his older brother Nikolai, as bright admirers of theatrical art, were fond of acting within the play nature. F. F. Yusupov had extraordinary acting abilities of reincarnation in a variety of theatrical images, from the classical performance of the female role by men to Cardinal Richelieu and the role of the beggar "Vyazemskaya Lavra". Along with this, later these events and the outrageous behavior of adolescence, became the reason for the emergence of a number of authors of considerations about the homosexuality of the prince.

“Tall, thin, slender, with an iconic face of Byzantine writing” (characteristic of A. Vertinsky), Prince Felix Yusupov Jr., with the consent of the emperor, on February 22, 1914, was married to the princess of imperial blood Irina Alexandrovna, daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, sister of Nicholas II.

From "Memoirs" by Felix Yusupov:

Irina and Felix with their daughter "Bebe", 1916

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Rasputin

Together with State Duma deputy V. M. Purishkevich, lieutenant Sergei Sukhotin and his brother-in-law Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, Prince Felix Yusupov Jr. was a participant in the organization of the murder of Rasputin G. E. F. F. Yusupov motivates the subjective side of the criminal actions as follows: “ Without agreeing yet, each alone, we came to a single conclusion: Rasputin must be removed, even at the cost of murder.»; « After all my meetings with Rasputin, everything I saw and heard, I finally became convinced that all evil and main reason all the misfortunes of Russia: there will be no Rasputin, there will be no that satanic force into whose hands the Sovereign and Empress fell.»

In exile

Felix Yusupov and his wife Irina, 1930

In 1967, the Yusupov family adopted 18-year-old Mexican Victor Manuel Contreras, who later became a famous sculptor and painter, whose monumental bronze works adorn the central squares of cities in Mexico, the USA and many European countries.

Death

In 1967, at the age of eighty, the last of the Yusupov family died in Paris. He was buried in the Russian cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois. His wife Irina Yusupova died in 1970 and was buried next to him.

Descendants

V. V. Putin, Metropolitan Kirill and Xenia Nikolaevna Sfiris (Yusupova-Sheremeteva)

Movie incarnations

• Conway Turl (The Fall of the Romanovs, USA, 1917)
• Irving Cummings (“Rasputin, the Black Monk” / Rasputin, the Black Monk. USA, 1917)
• Peter McEnery (I killed Rasputin / J "ai tué Raspoutine, 1967)
• Martin Potter (Nicholas and Alexandra / Nicholas and Alexandra, )
• Alexander Romantsov ("Agony", 1974)
• James Frain ("Rasputin", 1996)
• Philip Yankovsky ("Rasputin", 2011)
• Vladimir Koshevoy ("Grigory R.", 2014; "Conspiracy", 2007)
• Eugene Miller (The Alchemist, 2015).

Biography

Prince Felix Feliksovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston - a descendant of a noble family, is known as a participant in the murder of G. Rasputin and the author of two books of memoirs - "The End of Rasputin" (1927) and "Memoirs" (1953).

Youngest son of Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova and Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston. In 1891, his father received the right to call himself Prince Yusupov.
He graduated from the Gurevich Private Gymnasium. He became the sole heir to the Yusupov family fortune after the death in 1908 of his older brother Nikolai in a duel with Count Arvid Manteuffel, whose wife, Maria Manteuffel, nee Geiden, was Nikolai's mistress.
In 1909-1912 he studied at Oxford University (University College), where he founded the Russian Society of Oxford University. In the 1910s, he headed the First Russian Automobile Club, located in the building of the First Russian Insurance Company.
In his youth, he became famous for his dressing up in women's outfits, in which he not only visited public places, but also performed on the stage of a cabaret both in Russia and abroad.

On February 22, 1914, with the consent of the emperor, Felix married Irina Alexandrovna, the princess of imperial blood, the daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, sister of Nicholas II.
First World War found the newlyweds on their honeymoon. Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered to detain them in Germany until the end of the war. Irina applied for permission to return to Russia from her cousin, the daughter-in-law of the Kaiser. As a result of the intercession of the Spanish ambassador, the Yusupovs were allowed to leave Berlin for neutral Denmark.
Upon returning to his homeland, Yusupov enrolled in officer courses at the Page Corps, but did not want to go to the army. In 1915, Felix and Irina had a daughter, Irina ("Bebe"). Until the age of nine, she was raised by Felix's parents.
Together with Purishkevich and his friend Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich Romanov, Felix Yusupov was one of the organizers of the plot to kill G. E. Rasputin. After Rasputin was killed by conspirators in the Yusupov Palace on the Moika on the night of December 17, 1916, Yusupov was sent to his father's estate Rakitnoye in the Kursk province under covert police supervision.
After October revolution left with his family for the Crimea, from where he left for Malta aboard the battleship Marlboro; later moved to London. With the proceeds from the sale of family jewels and two paintings by Rembrandt, the Yusupovs bought a house in the Bois de Boulogne. Prince Felix lived until his death in Paris, on the rue Pierre Guerin.
In the 1920s, the Yusupovs opened the IRFE fashion house (the name of which consists of the first letters of their names), but the undertaking did not bring financial stability to their house. The family budget was replenished due to the won (£25,000) lawsuit against the Hollywood studio MGM. In 1932, the film "Rasputin and the Empress" was released, where it was stated that the wife of Prince Yusupov was Rasputin's mistress. Yusupov managed to prove in court that such insinuations are slander. It was then that the bigwigs of the American film business first ordered that a notice be placed at the beginning of films that all events shown on the screen are fiction, and any resemblance to real persons is not intentional.
During World War II, the prince refused to support the Nazis and rejected an offer to return to Russia. After the war, the couple lived in cramped financial conditions. Shortly before his death, Felix Yusupov adopted 18-year-old Mexican Victor Contreras. He was buried in the Russian cemetery in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois.
Irina Yusupova survived her husband by only three years. She died in 1970 and was buried next to him. Today, the direct descendants of the Yusupov family are Yusupov's granddaughter - Ksenia Sfiri (nee Sheremeteva) and her daughter Tatyana Sfiri (b. 08/28/1968, Athens), married since 1996 to Alexis Giannokopoulos (b. 1963), as well as their two daughters - Marilia ( b. 2004) and Jasmine-Xenia (b. 2006).
Bibliography

1927 - End of Rasputin
1953 - Memoirs
Titles, awards and prizes

Prince Yusupov
Count Sumarokov-Elston
Screen adaptations

Movie incarnations

1954 - Rasputin / Raspoutine
1967 - I killed Rasputin / J "ai tué Raspoutine
1971 - Nicholas and Alexandra / Nicholas and Alexandra
1981 - Agony
1996 - Rasputin / Rasputin
2007 - Conspiracy
2010 - Rasputin / Rasputin
2011 - Rasputin / Raspoutine
Interesting Facts

With huge funds at their disposal, the Yusupovs did not seek anyone's patronage or service. Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna in the 80s of the XIX century. remained the sole heir of the family. Her father dreamed of marrying off his daughter to one of the sovereign European princes and was very upset when his daughter chose the guards officer Sumarokov-Elston. In aristocratic circles, for a long time no one dared to offer the princess a hand, fearing to be accused of self-interest. From now on, spouses and their descendants received the right to a double title and a triple surname by a special decree of the emperor.
Felix Yusupov (Jr.) was openly bisexual.
After the assassination of Rasputin, Felix's fame spread throughout the world. The Yusupovs ruled in Egypt, Damascus, Antioch, accumulated artistic treasures for centuries, the Kazan princess Sumbeka was known in the family, but he alone got into criminal chronicles and street saints. Two versions of further events were discussed: Felix would be shot (on which the empress insisted), and he would sit on the throne. Neither happened.

Felix was sent to the province of Kursk, where a telegram that confused everyone arrived: “The corpse has been found. Felix is ​​calm. But the mission was fulfilled, and in world history appeared new hero. And a new legend.
Having escaped from the Bolsheviks and ended up in exile, Felix professed the principle: wealth is the right to individual taste and the opportunity to help those who are worse off than you.
Felix knew nothing about business: "I was not created for commerce."
The rise of Irfe came in the mid-1920s, branches opened in London and Berlin, the prince kept a china shop and furnished three Parisian restaurants to his taste.
The Irfe house existed for seven years and collapsed during the financial crisis on Wall Street: the prince's accounts in American banks collapsed, and a wealthy clientele subsided. Things were so bad that the Parisians refused credit to the once richest Prince Youssoupoff.
In April 2010, several watercolors by Yusupov, made in 1929 in Corsica, were put up for sale in Paris. Professional painters were amazed by the high technique that could be acquired only as a result of many years of study. But Yusupov had never painted before:
Until now, Irina has been drawing: she depicted all sorts of fantastic images - faces with huge eyes and strange looks, it seemed, of some unearthly creatures. Impressed by Irina's drawings, I started my own. He devoted himself to drawing with passion. Chained to the table for sure witchcraft power. But I didn’t get angelic creatures, but nightmarish visions ... As if an evil force that settled in me owned my hand.

In the drawings, Yusupov depicted devils, chimeras, werewolves and other monsters, which tormented the imagination of artists in the Middle Ages, as if possessed. He painted fifteen works in total, titled "Desire", "Envy", "Indifference", "Surprise", "Doubt", etc.

Prince Felix Feliksovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston Jr., was a well-born aristocrat whose family owned a colossal fortune. He studied at the Corps of Pages and at Oxford, was bisexual and married the niece of Nicholas II. One pro...

Belonging to the most influential and wealthy family, Felix Yusupov was a very outrageous person. Loving to dress up as a woman and turn the head of young officers, involved in the murder of Rasputin, he was known for centuries as a dark personality in Russian history. On the other hand, as if on a scale, his good deeds are balanced: the creation of a fashion house in Paris, patronage and assistance to emigrants from Russia in France. How did demonic vices and good deeds coexist in Yusupov?

Prince's parents

The parents of the imperial dandy were Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova and Count Sumarokov-Elston. Mother was an enviable bride, the owner of a colossal fortune. Not only eminent bachelors of the Russian Empire fought for her hand, but also the aristocrats of Europe. Felix Yusupov recalled her as a beautiful, fragile and very intelligent creature.

Zinaida Nikolaevna was not ambitious, so she married not for convenience (and she could even claim the royal throne), but for love. The chosen one was officer Felix Sumarokov-Elston. With the high position of his wife, he easily managed to make a career. Moreover, Felix the father was presented with a princely title by the emperor, and he was also allowed to be called by his wife's surname.

The marriage of such dissimilar people, a refined princess and an officer, was happy, but not easy. Two children were born: Nikolai, the eldest, and Felix. In 1908, the 25-year-old heir tragically dies during a duel and Felix Yusupov becomes the successor to a huge fortune. His biography will be told below.

Childhood

Childhood is the time when the personality is formed, the formation of character takes place. Yusupov Felix Feliksovich was born in 1887, on March 23.

His youthful years were spent in luxury and festivities. A favorite of his mother, he was very handsome: regular, as if carved features, in which aristocracy was traced. Zinaida Ivanovna passionately wanted a girl, so she dressed Felix exclusively in girlish clothes.

Apparently, this habit remained with the boy from a distant childhood. Already a five-year-old child, Yusupov demonstrates his love for dressing up in women's dresses. Not soldiers and games with boys, but his mother's wardrobe - that's his favorite pastime. Together with their brother Nikolai, they dress up as women and visit taverns, gatherings of women of easy virtue. Felix even performs in a cabaret: he sings one of the parties.

This occupation infuriates his father, the boy constantly receives slaps in the face. Felix Feliksovich wanted to see in his son the successor of his military affairs, and the women's things on the boy did not fit into this idea. The relationship of the two Felixes has always been distanced.

The hobby continued until the death of Nikolai, Felix's brother.

Period of life in the Russian Empire

In Russia, the young Prince Felix Yusupov was known as an eccentric youth, a rebel. He loved ridiculous antics, extremely surprising the audience. They talk about him, gossip, give rise to fables. It should not be forgotten that the society of that time was not as accustomed to shocking as modern, so the shocking actions of the young Yusupov stunned many.

As for Yusupov the student, he was not a diligent student. However, he had an amazing mind and the ability to synthesize the necessary information.

At first he studied at a private gymnasium, then continued to receive an education at Oxford University. There he connected Russian-speaking students into society, and also created an automobile club.

Yusupov had a special relationship with his mother's friend, Grand Duchess Elizabeth. She was the sister of the Empress. Felix considered the woman a saint, her advice, parting words, good attitude helped the young man survive the tragic death of his brother. In 1914, Yusupov marries Irina, a representative of the Romanov dynasty, and thus becomes related to the imperial family.

The First World War finds the young Yusupov couple in Germany. With difficulty returning to St. Petersburg, Felix begins to help in the treatment of patients at the hospital. In 1915, the Yusupovs had a daughter, Irina.

The murder of Rasputin: background

Zinaida, Yusupov Felix Feliksovich and even Grand Duchess Catherine saw that they were suffering because of the closeness with the imperial family, because the attention of monarchs was riveted only to this dark personality.

Indeed, Gregory began to occupy a high position at the court of the emperor. The savior of the heir, he was revered by the empress as a saint. All attempts to appeal to common sense were unsuccessful: the empress was adamant, considered everything to be slander. And the emperor was forced to agree with everything, because the life of the blood heir was in the hands of the elder. Thus, a plan to kill the objectionable "saint" began to be thought out.

The murder conspiracy

Felix's involvement in the murder was the most direct. However, he will remember this for the rest of his life as a nightmare. Close friends of Yusupov took part in the conspiracy: deputy Purishkevich, Dmitry Pavlovich, a native of the royal family, and a resident of the British intelligence services, O. Reiner, was also involved.

To implement the plan, it was necessary to get close to Gregory. This role was assigned to Felix. He asks Rasputin to get rid of vice, to help.

12/17/1916 Rasputin is invited to the Yusupov family mansion, allegedly to meet Irina, Felix's wife (she is currently in the Crimea). There they try to poison him first, and then fatal shots are heard.

This crime hides many mysteries, but one thing is clear: Felix himself believed that by doing this he was saving his beloved country from obscurantism. Indeed, the citizens of the empire breathed a sigh of relief upon learning of the death of Gregory.

Suspected Felix Yusupov is exiled to Rakitino, his father's estate.

Emigration: life in London

The family safely survives the revolution, but emigrates to Europe. Their path ran first to the Crimea, then to Malta. Further, Prince Felix Yusupov and his family are sent to the UK, and his parents - to the capital of Italy.

Until the last, they all hoped that they would still see their native lands, but this was not destined to come true.

In London, Felix helps the incoming noble refugees. The family does not live in luxury, as in their homeland, because they left all the treasures at home. The jewels that were on the women were sold - they lived on this. It could not do without swindlers who robbed the Yusupovs.

Paris: World War II

The last place of residence is Paris. Irina and Felix Yusupov moved there in 1920. Miraculously, they managed to take out the original paintings and some jewelry from Russia. This was enough to buy a small house. France also continues to help those who fled from the new realities of the country of the Soviets. At the same time, the Irfé fashion house was opened by the Yusupovs, but it did not bring them the desired financial well-being.

Funds for life appeared in an unexpected way: a film about Rasputin and his death was released in Hollywood. It was reported that the elder had a love affair with Irina, Felix's wife. It was decided to go to court with charges of defamation. As a result, the couple received good compensation.

During the war, Yusupov flatly refuses to join the Nazis. They took possession of Felix's family - a very rare gem. They blackmailed her, but the prince was adamant. As a result, the jewel returned to the family.

In 1942, tragic news comes: he died best friend Yusupov, who participated with him in a conspiracy against Rasputin - Grand Duke Dmitry. For a long time Felix mourns his friend.

After the end of the war, the Yusupovs live in Paris, they barely have enough money, but they do not despair: they are always hospitable, joyful and happy, despite severe hardships. Felix Yusupov, whose photo is in the article, is an example of a truly Russian aristocrat. Uncorruptible, with self-respect, but at the same time open to helping the disadvantaged.

Wife Irina Alexandrovna

A person's personality will not be fully revealed if one does not delve into his relationship with his wife. The wife of Felix Yusupov is nee Romanova, the emperor's niece Irina Alexandrovna.

From the very engagement, the relationship of young people underwent obstacles. It should be said that Felix himself decided to marry, it was his decision, and not pressure from the family. Young people knew each other from childhood, had tender feelings in their youth, so they were not at all against the wedding. The families also did not mind, the union was quite equal in rights: the Romanovs and the richest family in the country. However, the engagement almost broke down because of "well-wishers" who told Irina's father compromising facts about Felix's sodomy. The young man convinces the future father-in-law of his innocence, and the wedding takes place.

Throughout their lives in exile, the Yusupov couple was engaged in charity work and helping other emigrants, although they lived very modestly. They are an example of like-minded spouses, zealous patriots of their country.

Probably, for all the good deeds they were destined to live for many years: Felix Yusupov dies in 1968 at the age of 80, his faithful wife Irina died 2 years later.

Descendants of the prince

Unfortunately, the Yusupovs had only one daughter, Irina. During emigration, she lives for some time with her grandmother Zinaida, after which she marries Count Sheremetyev and moves to Rome.

Xenia is born from this union. Thus, she, her daughter Tatyana and two granddaughters are living direct descendants of the Yusupov family.

prince Felix Feliksovich Yusupov, graph Sumarokov-Elston(March 11 (23), 1887, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire - September 27, 1967, Paris, France) - the last of the Yusupov princes, known as a participant in the murder of G. Rasputin and the author of two books of memoirs - "The End of Rasputin" (1927) and "Memoirs" (1953).

In Russia

Youngest son of Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova and Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston. In 1885, his father received the right to call himself Prince Yusupov.

He graduated from the Gurevich Private Gymnasium. He became the sole heir to the Yusupov family fortune after the death in 1908 of his older brother Nikolai in a duel with Count Arvid Manteuffel (whose wife had an affair with the deceased).

In 1909-1912 he studied at Oxford University (University College), where he founded the Russian Society of Oxford University. In the 1910s, he headed the First Russian Automobile Club, located in the building of the First Russian Insurance Company.

In his memoirs, F.F. Yusupov interestingly and captivatingly tells that in his youth, he and his older brother Nikolai, as bright admirers of theatrical art, were fond of acting within the play nature. F. F. Yusupov had extraordinary acting abilities of reincarnation in a variety of theatrical images, from classical performance female role men to Cardinal Richelieu and the role of the beggar of the Vyazemskaya Lavra. Along with this, later these events and the outrageous behavior of adolescence became the reason for the emergence of a number of authors of considerations about the homosexuality of the prince.

“Tall, thin, slender, with an iconic face of Byzantine writing” (characteristic of A. Vertinsky), Prince Felix Yusupov Jr., with the consent of the emperor, was married on February 22, 1914 to the princess of imperial blood Irina Alexandrovna, daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, sister of Nicholas II.

From "Memoirs" by Felix Yusupov:

The First World War caught the newlyweds on their honeymoon. Upon arrival from London to their relatives in Kissingen, where they were being treated, Felix and Irina were detained in Germany as prisoners of war until the end of the war on the orders of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Irina unsuccessfully applied for permission to return to Russia from her cousin, the daughter-in-law of the Kaiser. Due to the prevailing emergency circumstances, Prince Felix Yusupov Sr. invited the Spanish ambassador as a diplomatic mediator. In the course of diplomatic negotiations with Foreign Minister Gottlieb von Jagow, an agreement was reached to put at the disposal of the Russian ambassador a special train for members of the embassy and other Russian citizens wishing to leave Germany. When Emperor Wilhelm was informed of the flight of the Yusupovs, he hastily ordered their arrest at the border, but the order was too late. Yusupov managed to cross the border of neutral Denmark. In Copenhagen, the Yusupovs were visited by Empress Maria Feodorovna, the King and Queen of Denmark, with all their relatives who happened to be passing through there. Everyone was shocked by what happened. The Empress asked for and obtained several trains for the numerous Russians who had fled from Germany and were unable to return to their homeland on their own. Soon, together with Empress Maria Feodorovna, having passed through Finland, they ended up at home in St. Petersburg. During the First World War, Prince Felix Yusupov Jr. was released from conscription because he was the only son in the family. However, he took up the construction of hospitals. The first hospital for the seriously wounded was located in a house on Liteiny. While working there, he decided to enroll in a one-year officer course in the Corps of Pages and fulfill the military qualification for the rank of officer in 1915-1916.

(1887-1967) Russian prince, fashion designer and businessman

The full official name of this man - Prince Yusupov Count Sumarokov-Elston - suggests that he belonged to one of the most well-born Russian families. The roots of the Yusupov family go back to the 14th century, when the Nogai Khan Yusuf entered the service of Tsar Ivan IV. Felix's father was part of the inner circle of Nicholas II, and his mother, Zinaida Yusupova, usually accompanied the Empress on her trips around Russia.

Felix was the second child in the family. As a child, he was sick a lot, so his mother treated him with special tenderness. The family spent the summer months in the Crimea, in the family estate, or went abroad. When the boy was eight years old, he was sent to the Corps of Pages. But the change of scenery took a toll on Felix's health, and a year later he was forced to leave the corps. To complete his education, Yusupov entered the Gurevich Gymnasium in St. Petersburg, where children from aristocratic families studied. After graduating from it, he wanted to continue his education at St. Petersburg University, but after the death of his brother in a duel in 1908, his parents sent Felix to England, to Oxford University. He spent the winter months abroad, visiting his parents in Paris during their visits.

Three years later, having received a diploma, Felix Feliksovich Yusupov returns to Russia. In the winter of 1912, he marries the daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Irina, the niece of the Tsar. Together they take part in the solemn celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty.

At the beginning of the First World War, Felix Yusupov, among other representatives of the Russian aristocracy, undergoes an accelerated military training course and receives an officer rank. His wife becomes a nurse and helps in the hospital. By that time, the Yusupovs had a daughter, Irina.

Felix is ​​included in the inner circle of Nicholas II. It was a period of great influence of Grigory Rasputin on the royal family. A conspiracy against Rasputin is hatching in the Yusupovs' house. Felix and his associates (Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, member State Duma V. Purishkevich) believed that by freeing the tsar from the influence of Rasputin, they would be able to overcome the impact on Russian politics of the pro-German group that had developed in the upper echelons of power.

On December 29, 1916, Felix Feliksovich Yusupov invited Rasputin to his place for dinner. The conspirators tried to poison the "old man", but the attempt failed. Rasputin tried to escape, but was shot dead. His body was secretly taken out of the mansion and thrown into the Moika.

Although Felix Yusupov and Grand Duke Dmitry were not charged openly, they were under house arrest. It was then that Felix sent part of his capital abroad. His position turned out to be very difficult: the tsar avoided him, the court accused him of murder behind his back, and as a result, by personal order, Yusupov was ordered to go to the Rakitnoye estate. Soon his parents arrived there with his wife and daughter. They stayed there until the end of March 1917, when Alexander Kerensky did not allow Felix to return with his family to Petrograd.

After the arrest of Nicholas II and the expulsion of the royal family to Tobolsk, the Yusupovs, like most aristocratic families, went to the Crimea, where they wanted to wait out troubled times. At the beginning of 1918, the prince made a short trip to Moscow and Petrograd. He managed to take out some paintings and some of the jewelry from the family estates. He returned to the Crimea and began to prepare for his departure from Russia.

After the start of the military intervention, the Yusupov family goes abroad on the English battleship Marlboro. After a short stay in Malta, Felix's parents settle in Rome, while he and his wife stay in Paris in their own house. Since that time, Paris has become the main residence of the younger Yusupovs.

At that time, the prince still believed that he would soon return to Russia. In an effort to help the Russian army, he organized an aid committee, opened several enterprises in England that sewed uniforms for soldiers and officers. Felix Yusupov gave his London house for emigrants to live. But the defeat of the white army destroyed all hopes for a speedy return to their homeland.

The Yusupovs sell a house in London and settle in Paris, where they sell the family mansion in the city center and move to a modest house in the suburbs. The main source of livelihood is the money earned from the sale of family jewelry. The post-war economic depression necessitates a trip to the United States. There, Yusupov manages to profitably sell several paintings and some jewelry. He also organizes several charity events that raised a large amount of money to help the families of Russian emigrants.

Returning to France, Felix Feliksovich Yusupov opens the Irfe Model House (the names Irina and Felix were used in the name). Gradually, it turns into a profitable enterprise, Yusupov's daughter Irina becomes a fashion model, demonstrating at receptions and parties the toilets of famous companies.

The Yusupovs showed a talent for fashion designers. Felix designed several series of toilets, in particular, for the first time introduced into fashion silk translucent dresses with a floral pattern. He also came up with three fragrances for blondes, brunettes and redheads. Irina turned out to be a talented textile artist. The sketches developed by her were acquired by famous French fashion designers. Gradually, the Yusupovs manage to open several tailoring enterprises in the suburbs of Paris, which were mainly employed by immigrants from Russia.

In 1927, at the suggestion of a French publisher, Felix Yusupov published a book of memoirs, The End of Rasputin. In it, he told the story of the conspiracy and the murder of the elder, trying to divert accusations of murder from the conspirators. The film studio "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" announced the start of filming a film based on Yusupov's book. After the release of the picture, the prince sued the film studio for insulting his dignity and distorting facts. He won the process and received a large amount that allowed him to lead a decent life.

Felix Feliksovich Yusupov again begins to do charity work, helps Russian emigrants. He organizes several exhibitions of Russian jewelry, during which donations are collected in favor of the Russian diaspora.

The peaceful course of life was interrupted by World War II. Felix Yusupov immediately declared his anti-German position and refused any cooperation with the enemy. After the capture of Paris, the German authorities were afraid to arrest Yusupov, but confiscated his accounts and the jewelry that was stored in the bank. Only after the end of the war did the prince achieve the return of what was confiscated.

The rest of the days Felix Yusupov lived in his own house, located in the suburbs of Paris. His daughter married Count N. Sheremetev, and his wife Irina initiated the publication of Yusupov's memoirs about her past.