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23 March 1887 marks the birth of Prince Felix Yusupov. He was born at Moika Palace in Saint Petersburg. Family His father was Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston, the son of Count Felix Nikolaievich Sumarokov-Elston. Zinaida Yusupova, his mother, was the last of the Yusupov line, of Tatar origin, and very wealthy.  For the Yusupov name not to die out, his father (1856, Saint Petersburg – 1928, Rome, Italy) was granted the title and the surname of his wife, Princess Zinaida Yusupova, on 11 June 1885, a year after their marriage, but effective after the death of his father-in-law in 1891. The Yusupov family, one of the richest families in Imperial Russia, had acquired their wealth generations earlier. It included four palaces in Saint Petersburg, three palaces in Moscow, 37 estates in different parts of Russia, on the Crimea (at Koreiz, Kökköz and Balaklava), coal and iron-ore mines, plants and factories, flour mills and oil fields on the Caspian Sea.  Youth Felix led a flamboyant li

28 July 1860 marks the birth of a very noble girl. She received the following title and names: Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia. Her birth took place at the Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg, then a part of the Russian Empire, now located in Russia. Source picture: Wikipedia Family Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia was the daughter of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaievich of Russia and Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna (born Princess Cäcilie of Baden). She was the sister of inter alia: - Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (killed in 1919) - Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia - Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (killed in 1919) - Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia - Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia (killed in 1919) - Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia. Anastasia was raised in the Caucasus where she lived between 1862 and 1878 with her family. She was known in the family as "Stassie" and