Meet the cross-dressing heir to one of Imperial Russia's largest fortunes: a dissolute, champagne-quaffing demon twink who decorated palaces with his nobleman boyfriend before that boyfriend tried desperately to sabotage his marriage to one of Russia's greatest beauties. But trouble was afoot: revolution was brewing, and the personal and sexual charisma of the infamous Rasputin captivated the court. And revolution was brewing in Russia...
For more on Prince Felix Yusupov, read the sources we used to research this episode:
Lost Splendor, by Prince Felix Yusupov
The man who killed Rasputin : Prince Felix Youssoupov and the murder that helped bring down the Russian Empire, by Greg King
https://dirtysexyhistory.com/2016/12/01/russias-greatest-love-machine-sex-and-rasputin/
Our intro music is Arpeggia Colorix by Yann Terrien, downloaded from WFMU's Free Music Archive and distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Our outro music is by DJ Michaeloswell Graphicsdesigner.