Yusupov'a palace is an excellent example of the architecture of Classicism. The basis for the construction of this palace was a two-storied brick cottage of Pyotr Shuvalov built in the middle of the 18 th century. New parts were added to this building by the architect Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe in the 1760s. Later, the palace would be rebuilt several times (in the 1830s by the architect Andrei Mikhailov Jr., in the late 1850s by the architect Ippolito Monighetti).

The interiors of the palace are luxuriously decorated. Of special beauty are the ceiling paintings of the Bigger Rotonda, the Red Room and the Blue Room, as well as the Corinthian columns of the White Column Hall.

The Palace Theater founded in the 1910s was decorated in Baroque style, while some premises of the first floor were decorated in the style of Neo-Classicism. The artists Nikolai Tyrsa, Vladimir Konashevich and Sergei Chekhonin.

In the second half of the 18 th century, the palace belonged to Count Shuvalov, and from 1795 to Countess Branitskaya.

In the 1830s, the palace became the property of Princes Yusupovs. It was in this palace that, in the night of December 17, 1916, monarchist conspirators, Prince Felix Yusupov, Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, Vladimir Purishkevich, Lieutenant Sukhotin and Doctor Lazavert, murdered Grigory Rasputin, the famous favorite of the family of Nicholas II.

After the revolution, the palace became a State property and was transformed into the Museum of Noblemen's Life. Now, the palace belongs to the Teachers' Club. Since 1991, it has housed the permanent exhibition "Grigory Rasputin: Stories of His Life and Death". Wax figures of the conspirators are also demonstrated there.

Visitors are offered a guided tour around the rooms of the palace. In the rooms of the palace, concerts of Russian and Western European classical music are also held.

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