17 December 1917. Felix Yusupov

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Project 1917 is a series of events that took place a hundred years ago as described by those involved. It is composed only of diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers and other documents

Felix Yusupov

the estate of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, Ai-Todor, Crimea, Russian Republic

A new band descended from the mountains—horse marines, thugs, whom even the Bolsheviks feared. Bandits armed to the teeth, atop stolen horses, flew into our yard with red flags. On the flags the promising, “Death to the bourgeoisie!”, “Death to counterrevolutionaries!”, “Death to property owners!” Suddenly one of them asked if it were true that I killed Rasputin. When I said that it was true, they drank to my health and announced that if it indeed were so, neither I nor my family had anything to fear.

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