Zachary Taylor — the United States' largely forgotten 12th President — met a rather unusual end, partly due to America's ...

Also known as the Moika Palace, Yusupov Palace is a St. Petersburg landmark. It was the main residence of the House of Yusupov, which was a wealthy family of Russian nobles. Travelers come here to ...

According to his version of the evening, Yusupov walked Rasputin into the Moika Palace at a little after 1 a.m. Upstairs, Yusupov’s four accomplices—Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, conservative ...

The plot was to murder Rasputin. The bait was to use Princess Irina – a demure 21-year-old niece of Tsar Nicholas II – as a “sexual lure”. The trap was the Moika Palace, the opulent home ...

He invited Rasputin to a midnight snack in the basement of his Moika palace, the prince told the court.

A group of Russian nobles conspired to kill Rasputin on December 30, 1916, in the basement of the Moika Palace, the St. Petersburg residence of Prince Felix Yusupov, one of the richest men in ...

Housed in a mansion originally built in 1853, the Kempinski Hotel Moika 22 is located on the banks of the Moika River in the heart of St. Petersburg.

A bus veered off a bridge Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia, plunging into the Moika River and leaving seven people dead, according to officials.

The Yusupov Palace, one of the most richly decorated mansions in Russia, has recently undergone a major refurbishment. Check out these stunning interiors! The Yusupov Palace on the Moika ...

Russians at the time knew the massive yellow Moika Palace as the home of the Yusupovs, one of the country’s wealthiest families.

The Yusupov Palace is a bright, yellow three-story 18th century building on the Moika River embankment in downtown St. Petersburg.

According to his version of the evening, Yusupov walked Rasputin into the Moika Palace at a little after 1 a.m. Upstairs, Yusupov’s four accomplices—Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, conservative ...