Prince Felix Yusupov and Princess Irina Alexandrovna On The Murder of Rasputin in 1916

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  • This is a fascinating interview conducted on French television in 1967.
    The couple being interviewed are Prince Felix Yusupov (1887-1967) and his wife Princess Irina Alexandrovna (1895-1970), niece of the last Tzar of Russia, Nicholas the Second.
    The topic of the interview is the part by the prince played in the murder in 1916 of the monk Grigori Rasputin, the faith healer who it seemed influenced decisions of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna.
    The murder took place in the Yusupov family's Moika Palace in Saint Petersburg and the participants were a group of nobles, led by the prince and the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, and the right-wing politician Vladimir Purishkevich.
    Rasputin was lured into the palace with the intimation that the princess would be present though in fact she was in the Crimea at the time.
    There are various accounts of what happened next, with some reflective comment from his daughter Maria, the subject of a separate upload on this channel.
    The most extended and mythic version of events has the monk led down to a cellar where there was an attempt to kill him with cyanide-laiden cakes and wine. When this was unsuccessful - or seemed to be too prolonged - he was shot a number of times. The conspirators then left but Prince Felix Yusupov had forgotten his coat and returned to the cellar to retrieve it. Rasputin struggled to his feet and attempted to strangle the prince. The other conspirators, arriving on the scene, shot the monk again and, when this did not seem entirely successful, finally clubbed him to death. The body was then thrown into the Neva River from the bridge to Krestovsky island.
    This is a translation into English of this 1967 interview in French:
    Interviewer: Prince Felix Yusupov, you killed Rasputin?
    Prince: Yes
    Interviewer: How old are you prince?
    Prince: Nearly eighty
    Interviewer: How old were you when you killed Rasputin?
    Prince: Twenty-nine
    Interviewer: Prince, are you part of the Imperial Russian family?
    Prince: No, but my wife is the niece of the Emperor Nicholas the Second
    Interviewer: Princess, were you aware of the plan of your husband?
    Princess: Yes, I was aware of it.
    Interviewer: And did you approve?
    Princess: Yes.
    Interviewer: Princess, we have said - we have repeated, that you had been in (unclear) Rasputin to his home the night of the murder? Is that true?
    Princess: It is not at all true.
    Interviewer: Why?
    Princess: Because I was not there, I was in Crimea.
    Interviewer: Prince, in the evening of your life, when you think about Rasputin again, what sentiment comes to you at the thought of him?
    Prince: Disgust.
    Interviewer: Did you have a personal interest in the murder of Rasputin?
    Prince: None.
    Interviewer: Prince, in identical circumstances, if you had to make the same decision, would you do again what you did then?
    Prince: Yes.
    Interviewer: All of your life you have refused to let anyone tell your story. The films that have been made about Rasputin have been made without your (approval). And now, for the first time you have authorized our film. And for the first time, you appear before the camera. Prince Yusupov, why?
    Prince: Because the other films did not tell the true story.
    Interviewer: The man who has just spoken to you, the man who killed Rasputin, that man will now revisit his memories.
    Enjoy

КОМЕНТАРІ • 287

  • @elsakristina2689
    @elsakristina2689 7 років тому +232

    It feels almost surreal to hear their voices.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  7 років тому +22

      yes, being those involved with such tumultuous events!

    • @Omar-yi2mv
      @Omar-yi2mv 4 роки тому +11

      God bless the Romanovs

    • @MarimoMare
      @MarimoMare Рік тому +2

      Where is the film?

  • @SaoirseK
    @SaoirseK 7 років тому +111

    Fascinating interview, despite it being the only one the couple ever did together its historic relevance is immense. What stuck me the most is even in her elderly age I can still see such a resemblance of Irina to that of her cousin, Tatiana. Especially when they were younger, the resemblance is striking. But here, watching her speak and move gives us a good idea of what Grand Duchess would have looked like had she survived into old age.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  7 років тому +8

      yes, this footage of Irina gives real insights into the behaviour and movement of her siblings - in families there are often similarities in this way - i never saw till recently how closely my speech and facial gestures were like those of my father.

    • @SaoirseK
      @SaoirseK 7 років тому +9

      Yes, I'm aware and understand the fundamentals of how a person can resemble family members due to their DNA. But my initial point was now that im now physically seeing Princess Irina's movements and behaviour on screen, the way she composed herself and the manner in which she spoke as opposed to photographs its as though by watching and listening to her here it breaths life into Tatiana, due to the their striking similarities they could've easily passed for sisters then cousins. So its just interesting comparing the two, and possibly seeing how Tatiana may have aged had she had the chance.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  7 років тому +3

      yes, i think the point we are making is very similar - beyond the DNA there are family gestures, patterns of stress and intonation in speech and so on - so that listening to one member of a family in a sense gives understanding of these things in another - gives life to them.

    • @SaoirseK
      @SaoirseK 7 років тому +1

      John Hall Exactly :) All in all, seeing and listening to Princess Irina brings some sense of comfort when remembering what happened to her immediate family members. Especially those she was closest to, as she was with Tatiana.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  7 років тому +2

      yes, indeed. i believe the Russian spoken at court varied somewhat for that spoken in other strata of society - i have Russian friends and it would be great to have heard Princess Irina in her native language and comment on this.

  • @renanmiranda68
    @renanmiranda68 4 роки тому +41

    - Would you have done it again?
    - Yes!

  • @isabellevelleda3387
    @isabellevelleda3387 4 роки тому +34

    If anyone is interested, the interviewer is Alain Decaux, a French historian who was elected to the Académie française in 1979

  • @dkupke
    @dkupke 11 років тому +56

    It has also been suggested that Dmitry Pavlovich, not Felix, was the one who shot Rasputin when he fled. It would have taken someone with good aim and experience to hit a moving target from a distance obscured by snow and darkness. Dmitry was a former soldier and Olympic athlete, and was likely the only conspirator capable of such a shot.

  • @danielwardwell914
    @danielwardwell914 2 роки тому +21

    Amazing to see this….I’d love to see the rest of their interview if it’s online anywhere!

    • @badumtss4032
      @badumtss4032 2 роки тому +3

      this is actually just the start of a french movie called "I killed Rasputin"

  • @JohnRaymondHall
    @JohnRaymondHall  7 років тому +37

    DuchessDiz - i've added the dialogue in the 'Notes' with this upload
    Interviewer: Prince Felix Yusupov, you killed Rasputin?
    Prince: Yes Interviewer: How old are you prince?
    Prince: Nearly eighty
    Interviewer: How old were you when you killed Rasputin?
    Prince: Twenty-nine
    Interviewer: Prince, are you part of the Imperial Russian family?
    Prince: No, but my wife is the niece of the Emperor Nicholas the Second
    Interviewer: Princess, were you aware of the plan of your husband?
    Princess: Yes, I was aware of it. Interviewer: And did you approve?
    Princess: Yes.
    Interviewer: Princess, we have said - we have repeated, that you had been in (unclear) Rasputin to his home the night of the murder? Is that true?
    Princess: It is not at all true.
    Interviewer: Why? Princess: Because I was not there, I was in Crimea.
    Interviewer: Prince, in the evening of your life, when you think about Rasputin again, what sentiment comes to you at the thought of him?
    Prince: Disgust. Interviewer: Did you have a personal interest in the murder of Rasputin?
    Prince: None.
    Interviewer: Prince, in identical circumstances, if you had to make the same decision, would you do again what you did then?
    Prince: Yes. Interviewer: All of your life you have refused to let anyone tell your story. The films that have been made about Rasputin have been made without your (approval). And now, for the first time you have authorized our film. And for the first time, you appear before the camera.
    Prince Yusupov, why?
    Prince: Because the other films did not tell the true story.
    Interviewer: The man who has just spoken to you, the man who killed Rasputin, that man will now revisit his memories.

    • @ruthframe
      @ruthframe 6 років тому +1

      Thanks for the translation. fascinating stuff.

    • @peaky_blinder1998
      @peaky_blinder1998 3 роки тому +2

      Thank you so much

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  3 роки тому +1

      @@peaky_blinder1998 pleasure!

    • @europeanroyalist.6387
      @europeanroyalist.6387 3 роки тому +1

      @@JohnRaymondHall The unclear part in your translation is the "bait" or "lure" - l'appât. The interview is asking Irina whether (as the rumours indicate) she was the bait which brought Rasputin to the Yusopoff Palace. She denies this as she was in the Crimea at the time.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  3 роки тому +1

      @@europeanroyalist.6387 thanks so much for that

  • @32ivan23
    @32ivan23 4 роки тому +28

    This man fired a shot that began the history of the twentieth century. This shot killed tens of millions of people. He changed the whole history of not only Russia, but the whole world. And we see this person in the video. Breathtaking

    • @kristinalowe3796
      @kristinalowe3796 4 роки тому +30

      This man was wrong only by killing Rasputin too late. He was too late to save millions of people. The impact they've made - both him and Nicolas's wife, was irreversible at that point. Czar's wife was the biggest culprit of them all. She didnt just killed her family by the decision to stay in Russia but she dragged the whole country down with her. It was Nicholas's fault, her fault and Rasputin's fault.

    • @roger1624
      @roger1624 2 роки тому

      You clearly are mistaken and have bought into Rasputin's myth. He is not responsible for millions of deaths that is such an exaggeration. The Czar and Czarina and their incompetence, weakness and fear led to their demise and the revolution.

    • @IceMintTea
      @IceMintTea 2 роки тому

      @@roger1624 Rasputin was a German spy, read his daughter's memoirs. He did not plan to live in Russia, he wanted to escape to Palestine, but did not have time.

  • @dinasty68
    @dinasty68 5 років тому +23

    A very distinguished marriage with an incredible aristocratic bearing. They were extremely wealthy, and when they fled Russia in 1920 they were able to live comfortably in Paris thanks to sales of their Rembrandt paintings that hung on the walls of the Moika Palace, owned by the Yusupov family.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  5 років тому

      that's interesting - i didn't know how they funded their time in the West - thanks

    • @cathyborrege5373
      @cathyborrege5373 5 років тому +10

      @@JohnRaymondHall The Yusupovs won a fortune after suing MGM for defamation in 1934.

    • @Mo-in3jf
      @Mo-in3jf 5 років тому +7

      Also 2 incredibly famous expensive jewels , one was called the sultans , I cant remember the other , and handfuls of diamonds they got from there bowls on tables that they used for decor

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  Рік тому +2

      @@cathyborrege5373 i didn't know that - interesting

    • @bcmortimer
      @bcmortimer 3 місяці тому

      They had a very famousl string of Black Pearls that sold for a fortune.

  • @JohnRaymondHall
    @JohnRaymondHall  11 років тому +4

    hi again Numberone filmfan
    thanks so much again for the translation - it was so kind of you to take the time for that original upload
    luckily i'd saved it to The Notes so i was able to add it here again
    :)

  • @blancablanca7931
    @blancablanca7931 2 роки тому +15

    Grand Duchess Olga(from OTMA) hated Felix for the murder of Rapustin. She agreed for Raputin to go away but she also thought that Felix was a coward for doing so and that it was unecessary to kill him in the manner that they did.

  • @lefortv
    @lefortv 9 років тому +20

    Interview made in French by one of our most famous and most exciting historian, Alain Decaux.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  9 років тому +2

      +lefortv i didn't know who the interviewer was - thanks so much for identifying him - i'll add this to the notes accompanying the video. thanks again

    • @lefortv
      @lefortv 9 років тому +3

      +John Hall Can I help you again ? In your translation, I can read : "Princess: Because I was not there, I was (unclear)". The last sentence is : "I was in Crimea"

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  8 років тому +1

      +lefortv absolutely - i am very grateful for you taking the time to help - i've added 'in Crimea' to my notes here - obviously my hearing is not as good as yours - thanks again! cheers fro Sydney!

    • @lefortv
      @lefortv 8 років тому +1

      +John Hall I am French ;-)Cheers from Paris !

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  8 років тому +3

      +lefortv my family is originally from France! so cheers from Sydney to Paris, where i lived as a kid for a year.

  • @Youssoupoff.
    @Youssoupoff. 4 роки тому +15

    felix looks really old, that makes me kinda sad ngl

    • @zxmbl
      @zxmbl 4 роки тому +4

      yes YES OH MY GOD😢

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  Рік тому +1

      and he died shortly after :(

  • @pascaldjemaa2995
    @pascaldjemaa2995 5 років тому +10

    Le Prince parle de "dégoût" à propos de Raspoutine...

  • @cuitlamcuautencos8306
    @cuitlamcuautencos8306 5 років тому +5

    It's shocking when you hear the voices of people who did something dark, and then you hear they have such little voices...kind of archaic sounding too!

  • @pediatrapaola
    @pediatrapaola 11 років тому +5

    that you kindly translated .was very interesting .

  • @noranoman5415
    @noranoman5415 Рік тому +1

    Would be wonderful to see the entire footage. Thank you for sharing.

  • @JohnRaymondHall
    @JohnRaymondHall  11 років тому +5

    hi artdecochicgirl
    yes, quite a complex character - not a cardboard cut out of a Russian prince of the Romanov era
    isn't it wonderful to be able to hear him talking about such a moment event at such a turbulent time in Russian history.
    :)

  • @cliveuckfield5139
    @cliveuckfield5139 6 місяців тому +1

    What an Magical life they had, just reading his book 'Lost Splendour' which is incredibly amusing and well written. So interesting to see them interviewed so many years later. Wish I spoke the beautiful French language to understand it though😂.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  6 місяців тому +2

      yes, extraordinary lives. i speak French but i've added in the Notes attached to the video i've added an English transcript :)

  • @JohnRaymondHall
    @JohnRaymondHall  11 років тому +4

    hi Numberone filmfan
    one of my real favourites and very hard not to re-post it quickly.
    i think my fascination it that it is history just speaking out loud.
    :)

  • @user-vp1mk1pw6g
    @user-vp1mk1pw6g Рік тому +6

    Жаль, нет подробного интервью князя Юсупова. Он многое знал.

    • @direalflf4162
      @direalflf4162 Рік тому

      он выпустил мемуары еще при жизни

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  Рік тому

      я согласен - он здесь болен (он умер вскоре после того, как это было снято) и, вероятно, не был способен - это расширенный чат

  • @numberonefilmfan
    @numberonefilmfan 11 років тому +5

    An old favorite, thank you!

  • @numberonefilmfan
    @numberonefilmfan 11 років тому +1

    Aw, thanks...just glad to help our friend John out a bit, though I think he could have done it as well were he less busy! :) Now when I relisten there are some turns of phrase that are clearer than they were the first time I tried, but in general it is what they said.

  • @user-kj1sq5hf7x
    @user-kj1sq5hf7x 3 дні тому

    It’s pity we can’t see prince’s eyes. Does anyone have access to full version?

  • @JohnRaymondHall
    @JohnRaymondHall  9 років тому

    hi Ed
    most definitely:
    www.google.com.au/search?q=Nicholas+Yusupov&biw=1446&bih=698&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Co9GVIOgOtPx8gXZ44CQBA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=w9Dg9W3kGM5XDM%253A%3BfC090BXiolX3SM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi15.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Fa388%252Fashanti01%252F_389_zpse2eb03ee.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fforum.alexanderpalace.org%252Findex.php%253Faction%253Dprintpage%253Btopic%253D725.0%3B300%3B450
    :)

  • @JohnRaymondHall
    @JohnRaymondHall  11 років тому +6

    hi Daniel
    yes, it would seem much more likely that Dmitry Pavlovich as a soldier and athlete would have had the skill to fire accurately at night and over a distance
    i suspect that Felix Yusupov would have taken credit as an aristocratic privilege.
    thanks for that follow-up!

    • @SymphonyBrahms
      @SymphonyBrahms 2 роки тому

      Dmitry gets the credit in most history books.

  • @JohnRaymondHall
    @JohnRaymondHall  11 років тому +1

    hi Sima
    i didn't know there was more of the interview
    when i looked at the script it seemed complete - the beginning seemed to want nothing before and the end seemed to finish the interview
    intriguing that there's more! do you know about anything about what's missing?

  • @fabricatedreality8218
    @fabricatedreality8218 2 роки тому +5

    I wish someone would translate this interview

    • @ellebelle8515
      @ellebelle8515 Рік тому +1

      You can find the translation at the top, right under the number of views.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  Рік тому

      i included the translation in the notes accompanying the video

  • @peaceandlove544
    @peaceandlove544 2 роки тому +5

    The most elegant couple in history, and more famous in Europe and one of the richests and most impresives. He a Yusukov prince, the richests family in Imperial Russia and one of the richest in the world, she a Romanov grandaughter of a Tsar Nicholas I. Their elegance inspired Chanel.

  • @Njoofene
    @Njoofene 9 років тому +8

    Thanks for uploading this video. I know everyone keeps banging on about the Tsar and his immediate family, but Prince Felix is one of my favourite in that family. I find him to be a rather interesting character. His autobiography will make an interesting read. Of course their are various accounts regarding the killing of Rasputin, nevertheless it does not take away from the fact that Prince Felix was a rather interesting fellow.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  9 років тому +3

      hi Njoofene
      yes, i agree that the prince is an interesting character - the more central members of he and his wife's family are so over-exposed that they are in a sense less interesting.
      the assassination over-shadowed his life - when really it was all about other things
      the only biog i know is his 'Lost Splendour' - his auto-biography until 1919
      do you know of anythings else?
      glad you liked this upload!

  • @dkupke
    @dkupke 11 років тому +12

    Felix and his co-conspirators very likely embellished the full story to make Rasputin seem more powerful and evil to justify killing him. Rasputin's own daughter said that her father had sworn of pastries and alcohol-so the story about poison was probably bunk. And even the shooting most likely was nowhere near as dramatic as Yusupov later claimed.

    • @SymphonyBrahms
      @SymphonyBrahms 2 роки тому

      Rasputin was powerful. Historians say that his influence with the tsar and tsarina was one of the things that helped to bring down the aristocracy. And he was evil. His record with prostitutes and seducing young women was kept by the St. Petersburg police. His daughter was lying. He was a heavy drinker and eater of sweets up until his death. And it took three bullets to bring him down. Even then the autopsy showed that he died of drowning after the assassins threw him into the Neva River.

    • @TaxingIsThieving
      @TaxingIsThieving 2 роки тому

      Why would they want him to be remembered that way?

    • @dkupke
      @dkupke 2 роки тому +1

      @@TaxingIsThieving to try to justify themselves

    • @caterinadelgalles8783
      @caterinadelgalles8783 16 днів тому

      Doubt it.

  • @akozmin
    @akozmin 8 років тому +8

    Это увлекательное интервью проводится на французском телевидении в 1967 году.
    Пара интервью являются князя Феликса Юсупова (1887-1967) и его жена княгиня Ирина Александровна (1895-1970), племяннице последнего царя России Николая Второго.
    Тема интервью является частью князем играл в убийстве в 1916 году преподобного Григория Распутина, вера целитель, казалось, под влиянием решений царя Николая II и Царицы Александры Федоровны.
    Убийство произошло в Мойке дворце семьи Юсуповых в Санкт-Петербурге, и участники были группой дворян, во главе с князем и великого князя Дмитрия Павловича, и правого политика Владимира Пуришкевича.
    Распутин был заманили во дворец с намеком, что принцесса будет присутствовать, хотя на самом деле она была в Крыму в то время.
    Существуют различные счета, что произошло дальше, с каким-то светоотражающие комментарий от своей дочери Марии, предметом отдельной загрузки на этом канале.
    Наиболее распространены и мифическая версия событий монах вел вниз к подвал, где была предпринята попытка убить его с цианидами-laiden пирожные и вино. Когда эта оказалась неудачной - или казалось, слишком длительное - он был застрелен несколько раз. Заговорщики затем налево, но князь Феликс Юсупов забыл свое пальто и вернулся в подвал, чтобы получить его. Распутин с трудом поднялся на ноги и попытался задушить принца. Остальные заговорщики, прибыв на место происшествия, выстрелил монах снова и, когда это не казалось совсем удачным, в конце концов дубинками его до смерти. Тело было затем бросили в реку Неву с моста на Крестовский остров.
    Это перевод на английский язык этого 1967 интервью на французском языке:
    Интервьюер: князь Феликс Юсупов, ты убил Распутина?
    Принц: Да
    Интервьюер: Сколько лет ты принц?
    Принц: Почти восемьдесят
    Интервьюер: Сколько вам было лет, когда ты убил Распутина?
    Принц: Двадцать девять
    Интервьюер: Принц, ты часть императорской русской семьи?
    Князь: Нет, но моя жена племянница императора Николая Второго
    Интервьюер: Принцесса, вы были осведомлены о плане вашего мужа?
    Принцесса: Да, я знал об этом.
    Интервьюер: А вы одобряете?
    Принцесса: Да.
    Интервьюер: Принцесса, мы уже говорили - мы повторили, что вы были в (неясного) Распутина к себе домой в ночь убийства? Это правда?
    Принцесса: Это не совсем верно.
    Интервьюер: Почему?
    Принцесса: Потому что я не был там, я был в Крыму.
    Интервьюер: Принц, вечером вашей жизни, когда вы снова думать о Распутине, какие чувства приходит к вам при мысли о нем?
    Принц: Отвращение.
    Интервьюер: Был ли у вас личный интерес в убийстве Распутина?
    Prince: Нет.
    Интервьюер: Принц, в одинаковых обстоятельствах, если вы должны были сделать то же самое решение, что вы делаете снова то, что вы сделали тогда?
    Принц: Да.
    Интервьюер: Все в вашей жизни вы отказались позволить никому рассказать свою историю. Пленки, которые были сделаны о Распутине были сделаны без вашего (утверждения). И теперь, в первый раз, когда вы уполномочили наш фильм. И в первый раз, вы оказываетесь перед камерой. Князь Юсупов, почему?
    Князь: Потому что другие фильмы не сказать истинную историю.
    Интервьюер: Человек, который только что говорил с вами, человек, который убил Распутина, что человек теперь будет вновь свои воспоминания.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  8 років тому +2

      +Aleksandr Kozmin
      спасибо за много для стенограмма - я добавил один к нотам ", сопровождающей кадры, а также. ура!

    • @bakuseva4603
      @bakuseva4603 7 років тому +2

      John Hall Спасибо Вам за то,Что мы могли увидеть Феликса Юсупова при жизни.

    • @user-rg5we6ly2u
      @user-rg5we6ly2u 2 роки тому

      the translation into Russian is awful

    • @Mohammad.Alanjari
      @Mohammad.Alanjari Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much for the translation شكرا لك ❤

  • @PuppetIsland
    @PuppetIsland 6 років тому +2

    hey where did you get this footage? can i use it for a project?

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  6 років тому +1

      hi - honestly i can't remember where i got it - i've had it so long. please feel free to use it - good luck with your project! :)

    • @PuppetIsland
      @PuppetIsland 6 років тому +1

      thank you, did you actually find the footage and upload it? is there a rest of the documentary?

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  6 років тому

      sadly this is all the footage i know - it comes i believe from a French documentary - i have just found that this comes from a 1967 film which Yusupov approved of and appeared in 'J'ai tué Raspoutine' ('I Killed Rasputin') en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Killed_Rasputin

    • @PuppetIsland
      @PuppetIsland 6 років тому

      thank you

  • @larrydirtybird
    @larrydirtybird 8 років тому +13

    Why have the title in English if there are no English subtitles? Put the title in French.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  8 років тому +3

      +larrydirtybird it was to make the film more accessible to the vast majority of my YT followers - in the same way that i added the English text in the 'Notes' which i attached to the video upload. my background is French, and i am a French speaker, so it was not a matter of any kind of Anglo cultural imperialism.

    • @larrydirtybird
      @larrydirtybird 8 років тому +2

      Sorry if I seemed hostile. Thank you for uploading this, it was fascinating to see and hear them in their old age. My French is pretty good, so I could understand it after watching it a few times to catch the words I had missed. I had no idea that there was a translation below!
      Is it possible to watch the entire interview?

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  8 років тому

      +larrydirtybird my background is French and i spent time as a kid in Paris - but yes it was hard to catch some words as you say. this sadly is all i have of the interview - in fact i'm not sure whether or not here is more or this is the totality - it seems to begin with a beginning and end with an ending and i suspect this is all there is - but i am just guessing here. PS you didn't seem hostile at all - you were saying something rather sensible - i think i went for an English title under the belief it would reach more people - not sure if this logic works or not!

    • @rosiesummer2711
      @rosiesummer2711 8 років тому

      I am happy you posted it. Can you translate the interview? I have seen the clip and it is dubbed in Russian.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  8 років тому +1

      so English speakers (who form the large majority of people who come to my channel) will be able to successfully find this video when google searching using English words. my family is from France so i am not being Anglo-eccentric here.

  • @Finnatese
    @Finnatese 5 років тому +3

    Either his wife is on a diet of russian imperial families, or I would question the quality of the Auto-translate...

  • @mariaquesada4146
    @mariaquesada4146 9 років тому +1

    Maria Quesada Ocampo, la historia de los Romanov y Iusupov me encanta, ellos eran encantadores

  • @cathyborrege5373
    @cathyborrege5373 5 років тому +4

    The interviewer is irritating intrusive doing most of the talking. Prince and Princess Yusupov answer expertly and to the point as if they were on the witness stand but without enumeration. Very circumspect. Princess Yusupov as always tongue tied and reticent looks uncomfortable but steadfastly backs her husband.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  Рік тому

      the prince died shortly after so probably was not very communicative at this point in his life

  • @eugeniauryu1828
    @eugeniauryu1828 3 місяці тому +2

    I meaan... Why isn't he in preason for murder?

  • @caterinamancini7210
    @caterinamancini7210 6 років тому +1

    hey, do you know by any chance the name of the interviewer? I need to cite this for an essay

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  6 років тому

      hi Catrina - i looked around when i researched this post, and again just now, but sadly can't locate the name of the interviewed - citing that it took place on French television in 1967 would give it some reference.

    • @SeeN-ce1pe
      @SeeN-ce1pe 4 роки тому +2

      I know its waaaaaaaaaay past the deadline but his name is Alain Decaux

  • @JohnRaymondHall
    @JohnRaymondHall  11 років тому +2

    hi tigerspirit1917
    yes, i quite agree - there is a much bigger and more important story than his murder to be told here
    and that a monk should have inveigled his way into a position of such influence is really incredible.

  • @AnthonyPoschet
    @AnthonyPoschet 7 років тому +1

    Where's the next part of the film?

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  7 років тому +2

      this is all the footage i could find - it comes from a documentary. the way the interviewer thanks the Prince at the end suggests there is no more footage of him and his wife - only more of the documentary

  • @simaraft7373
    @simaraft7373 11 років тому +1

    Has anybody seen the whole film?

  • @jcomandante6629
    @jcomandante6629 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @Artura777
    @Artura777 7 років тому +15

    Светлая память князю Феликсу Феликсовичу Юсупову - спасителю земли русской от мракобеса Распутина.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  7 років тому +8

      да, князь Феликс Юсупов Ф. принял большое мужество, чтобы действовать - не многие имели бы, что мужество

    • @homovitruvianus5894
      @homovitruvianus5894 7 місяців тому

      С дуба рухнул? Убийца он как ваш Путлер

  • @lilMissF0F0
    @lilMissF0F0 5 років тому +2

    All i can think of is that aging is such a bitch!

  • @MmM-lc3ve
    @MmM-lc3ve 26 днів тому

    Il ne l'a pas dit clairement, mais est-ce que quelqu'un sait pourquoi il a tué Raspoutine ?

  • @AnhTran-ll6zs
    @AnhTran-ll6zs 2 роки тому +1

    She had a slight accent. He did not at all.

  • @lastochka_letaet
    @lastochka_letaet 5 років тому +4

    Очки снял, а глаза его не показали!

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  5 років тому +1

      Интересно, почему он не носил очки? он умер вскоре после этого - было ли это связано с этим?

    • @PuaroMaster
      @PuaroMaster 4 роки тому +2

      Задумка режиссера; как завязка для просмотра продолжения фильма. ,,а что же там?..." и всем любопытно

  • @tonyatlas7777
    @tonyatlas7777 2 роки тому +1

    Could any one translate

  • @bonniemagpie5166
    @bonniemagpie5166 3 роки тому

    So which movie are they referring to as ' the true version of the event?'

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  3 роки тому

      i think they are referring to this footage, though it does not quality really as a movie. something lost in translation?

  • @autumnryan166
    @autumnryan166 6 років тому +2

    So this is really them??

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  6 років тому +3

      yes, it is - extraordinary for French televion to have had the vision to conduct this interview

  • @Mytube777
    @Mytube777 7 років тому

    Amazing!

  • @pop2582
    @pop2582 Рік тому +1

    He is a murder

  • @zzz100ist
    @zzz100ist 9 років тому +7

    не мог до конца дней смотреть людям в глаза из-за убийства старца....

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  9 років тому +2

      да, убить кого-то будет весить в большой степени на большинстве совести!

    • @zzz100ist
      @zzz100ist 9 років тому +1

      John Hall Да,будет на совести висеть огромным камнем....

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  9 років тому

      Александр Архипов very well put!

    • @bakuseva4603
      @bakuseva4603 7 років тому +1

      Александр Архипов С чего Вы это взяли?Не придумывайте от себя,Не засоряйте историю

  • @tigerspirit1917
    @tigerspirit1917 11 років тому +5

    Whether the legend of how he died is true or just a fish tale built up over the years... Rasputin remains a wild card in the whole story of the Russian Revolution. He had some kind of power to appear to treat hemophilia in an era where there was NO treatment or medicine. So while maybe it is a load of baloney of being poisoned, stabbed, shot, beaten and thrown in the river before he died... The fat is that his story does almost overshadow that of Lenin and the Tsar's.

    • @lilMissF0F0
      @lilMissF0F0 5 років тому +1

      True! Mostly because of the mystery of who and what he is and how he did all of this!

  • @anthony.bd.romanov
    @anthony.bd.romanov 3 роки тому +1

    Ce n'est pas lui qui a tué Raspoutin.

  • @williamevans9426
    @williamevans9426 4 місяці тому

    They were clearly a couple of very few words!!

  • @evadinusova4737
    @evadinusova4737 3 місяці тому +2

    Rozpravate o nich ako o Bohoch.
    Boli to vykoristovatelia a zili v blahobyte hladujuceho ruskeho ludu.
    A takych obdivujete?.
    Skoncili tak ako vladli.

  • @AgustinPerez-ri9gc
    @AgustinPerez-ri9gc 3 роки тому

    Anyone watched that movie? 1:48

  • @underlordprod
    @underlordprod Рік тому

    - it’s you kill rasputin?
    - yes 😎

  • @tekus7751
    @tekus7751 2 роки тому +1

    Молодец

  • @marchofares1390
    @marchofares1390 2 роки тому

    what's it in English.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  2 роки тому

      This is a translation into English of this 1967 interview in French:
      Interviewer: Prince Felix Yusupov, you killed Rasputin?
      Prince: Yes
      Interviewer: How old are you prince?
      Prince: Nearly eighty
      Interviewer: How old were you when you killed Rasputin?
      Prince: Twenty-nine
      Interviewer: Prince, are you part of the Imperial Russian family?
      Prince: No, but my wife is the niece of the Emperor Nicholas the Second
      Interviewer: Princess, were you aware of the plan of your husband?
      Princess: Yes, I was aware of it.
      Interviewer: And did you approve?
      Princess: Yes.
      Interviewer: Princess, we have said - we have repeated, that you had been in (unclear) Rasputin to his home the night of the murder? Is that true?
      Princess: It is not at all true.
      Interviewer: Why?
      Princess: Because I was not there, I was in Crimea.
      Interviewer: Prince, in the evening of your life, when you think about Rasputin again, what sentiment comes to you at the thought of him?
      Prince: Disgust.
      Interviewer: Did you have a personal interest in the murder of Rasputin?
      Prince: None.
      Interviewer: Prince, in identical circumstances, if you had to make the same decision, would you do again what you did then?
      Prince: Yes.
      Interviewer: All of your life you have refused to let anyone tell your story. The films that have been made about Rasputin have been made without your (approval). And now, for the first time you have authorized our film. And for the first time, you appear before the camera. Prince Yusupov, why?
      Prince: Because the other films did not tell the true story.
      Interviewer: The man who has just spoken to you, the man who killed Rasputin, that man will now revisit his memories.

  • @zipzap570
    @zipzap570 3 роки тому +1

    Whhy are they talking in French? I thought they were Russians Right?

    • @mrOL100
      @mrOL100 3 роки тому +9

      Because the nobles in Russia usually knew several languages. French is one of the mandatory languages. Besides, he's in exile in France.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  2 роки тому +6

      they lived in France after the revolution and this interview was on French television

    • @alexandersuvorov2002
      @alexandersuvorov2002 2 роки тому +4

      @@mrOL100 Mandatory languages were: French, English and German.

    • @ellebelle8515
      @ellebelle8515 Рік тому +1

      There was very little Russian blood in the Romanovs- as low as under 5%. They could speak Russian, but they usually spoke English (or the languages of their mothers).

  • @pyromania1018
    @pyromania1018 3 роки тому

    Yusupov's story was debunked in the 90s.
    They brought him to the basement, shot him twice, and as they were dragging his body to the car, he started groaning, so they dropped him, kicked him onto his back, and somebody shot him in the head, killing him instantly. The British were suspected of having a hand in it, as Rasputin was pressuring the tsar to pull Russia out of World War I (and Yusupov's chauffeur was a close friend of "C", the head of SSB, later MI6), but there's no recorded evidence.
    Rasputin was on a diet due to a previous attempt on his life, so he wouldn't have eaten the cakes anyway, and poisoning them wouldn't have worked for two reasons: the poison wouldn't have survived the baking process, and adding it post-baking wouldn't have worked either because Rasputin would have tasted the poison right away and spat it out. Same goes for the wine.

    • @mrOL100
      @mrOL100 3 роки тому +2

      the cakes were poisoned after they were baked. In addition, the abundance of butter in cream delayed the action of cyanide. If Rasputin had been given a day to live, he would have died, but later

  • @draganapoljak8824
    @draganapoljak8824 5 років тому +12

    She looks like a man and he looks like a woman.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  5 років тому +2

      true

    • @samaharsalane
      @samaharsalane 4 роки тому +8

      they were very beautifull when they were young

    • @Llixgrijb
      @Llixgrijb 2 роки тому +2

      Felix was, according to many accounts, gay. He might have found Irina's angular features and androgynous look very appealing when they were courting.

    • @SymphonyBrahms
      @SymphonyBrahms 2 роки тому +3

      @@Llixgrijb He was probably bisexual.

    • @georgesandchopin299
      @georgesandchopin299 11 місяців тому

      takes all sorts mate

  • @mariomm9080
    @mariomm9080 3 роки тому +6

    this man was a traitor to his country

    • @SymphonyBrahms
      @SymphonyBrahms 2 роки тому

      He was a hero. Rasputin was evil. He was bringing down Russia because of his evil influence over the royal family. He was hated by the Russian people. And the tsarina was hated by them as well. They called her "The German Woman".

  • @vardsuzvards9614
    @vardsuzvards9614 9 років тому +1

    Смысл жизни - весть спасения.
    Абзац 1. Жизнь человека 100 лет. Это ничто по сравнению с вечностью, но этого достаточно чтобы: 1) познать Господа Иисуса Христа; 2) покаяться; 3) принять водное крещение и 4) жить по Слову Иисуса Христа.
    Зачем? Чтобы не погубить душу. Душа каждого человека вечна, она никогда не умирает, умирает только тело, а душа остается проводить вечность или в раю или в аду. Третьего не дано. Если человек во время своей земной жизни уверует в Иисуса Христа и исполнит что сказано в абзаце 1, то только при этом условии душа человека будет в раю.
    Как все было? Бог сотворил Адама и Еву. Чтобы проверить их в верности Ему, Он запретил им есть плоды из одного дерева. Адам и Ева ослушались Бога, то есть согрешили. Таким образом грех вошел в мир и передался по наследству всем потомкам Адама и Евы. Люди стали рождаться уже с унаследованным грехом.
    Чтобы искупить человечество от греха надо было чтобы кто-то безгрешный согласился умереть за всех людей на кресте. Но между людьми безгрешных не было.
    И тогда Бог послал Сына Своего Иисуса Христа чтобы Он умер на кресте за грехи всего человечества.
    Сын Божий Иисус Христос согласился принять смерть на кресте за грехи всего человечества. И только потому что Иисус Христос согласился на это - Божье условие для спасения человечества было выполнено.
    Теперь каждый человек, кто верует или уверует в Иисуса Христа, что Он Божий Сын взял на Себя все грехи каждого человека, и умер за них на кресте, и воскрес, а также после этого человек примет водное крещение, а также вместе с этим будет поступать в этой жизни так, как написано в Слове Божьем Библии - то душа такого человека не погибнет в аду, а будет жить вечно с Богом в раю.
    Молитва покаяния.
    Если вы не знаете, как молиться, можете помолиться примерно так: "Боже, прости меня. Я грешный человек, я признаю свои грехи и каюсь в них пред Тобой. Я принимаю Иисуса Христа в свое сердце как моего личного Спасителя. Омой меня Своей кровью и спаси мою душу. Во имя Отца, и Сына, и Святого Духа. Аминь."

  • @bhagasasi425
    @bhagasasi425 2 роки тому

    English translate pls

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  2 роки тому +1

      This is a translation into English of this 1967 interview in French:
      Interviewer: Prince Felix Yusupov, you killed Rasputin?
      Prince: Yes
      Interviewer: How old are you prince?
      Prince: Nearly eighty
      Interviewer: How old were you when you killed Rasputin?
      Prince: Twenty-nine
      Interviewer: Prince, are you part of the Imperial Russian family?
      Prince: No, but my wife is the niece of the Emperor Nicholas the Second
      Interviewer: Princess, were you aware of the plan of your husband?
      Princess: Yes, I was aware of it.
      Interviewer: And did you approve?
      Princess: Yes.
      Interviewer: Princess, we have said - we have repeated, that you had been in (unclear) Rasputin to his home the night of the murder? Is that true?
      Princess: It is not at all true.
      Interviewer: Why?
      Princess: Because I was not there, I was in Crimea.
      Interviewer: Prince, in the evening of your life, when you think about Rasputin again, what sentiment comes to you at the thought of him?
      Prince: Disgust.
      Interviewer: Did you have a personal interest in the murder of Rasputin?
      Prince: None.
      Interviewer: Prince, in identical circumstances, if you had to make the same decision, would you do again what you did then?
      Prince: Yes.
      Interviewer: All of your life you have refused to let anyone tell your story. The films that have been made about Rasputin have been made without your (approval). And now, for the first time you have authorized our film. And for the first time, you appear before the camera. Prince Yusupov, why?
      Prince: Because the other films did not tell the true story.
      Interviewer: The man who has just spoken to you, the man who killed Rasputin, that man will now revisit his memories.

  • @JohnRaymondHall
    @JohnRaymondHall  11 років тому

    hi Daniel
    i tend to agree with you - the story seems too orchestrated to make Yusupov and the other co-conspirators seem heroic - and heroism only works if the opposing force is mighty - Rasputin had to be constructed as so strong that he needed to be killed a number of times over in order to die.
    the account in fact to my ear sounds like an old Hollywood melodrama.

  • @hariscloset7793
    @hariscloset7793 3 роки тому +1

    The man who killed rasputin

  • @baisemoi6550
    @baisemoi6550 6 років тому

    unfortunately this doesnt mean a great deal unless one understands french

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  6 років тому +2

      which is why i've translated the dialogue into English in the 'Notes' accompanying this upload

    • @sinanengin5756
      @sinanengin5756 2 роки тому

      Only shows french subtitles..

  • @nursenyurtseven4251
    @nursenyurtseven4251 Рік тому

    Bunlar kim bilmiyorum ve bizimle hiç ilgileri olmadığını belli

  • @derekcampbell5434
    @derekcampbell5434 3 роки тому +2

    this is really wild but i am learning about my past life being irina alexandrovna, i have found my cousin alexi in this lifetime..he knows now and also is remembering his life as alexi..we found eachother in nyc

    • @SymphonyBrahms
      @SymphonyBrahms 2 роки тому +2

      Perhaps another figure in your past life was Genghis Khan. Or maybe Julius Caesar. The possibilities are endless!

  • @pablolebedev
    @pablolebedev 9 років тому +1

    mother Russia forgotten him

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  9 років тому +1

      yes, people slip away into history so quickly!

  • @user-yv1kw5lu7x
    @user-yv1kw5lu7x 9 років тому +4

    Почему его не посадили в тюрьму? Убийца же

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  9 років тому

      После Распутин был убит 30 декабря 1016 императрица хотела великий князь Дмитрий и князь Феликс Феликсович Юсупов выстрелил, но был убежден, из идеи.Царь запретил Юсупова из своего имения и князя и его жена отправились в Крым вскоре после революции, а затем в Париже. Я думаю, будучи частью аристократии, вероятно, имел в виду его было меньше шансов перед судом, в частности, как много в аристократии опасались влияния монаха над королевской семьи.

  • @courathiam256
    @courathiam256 Рік тому

    Un vrai prince qui connaissait son devoir et qui l'a fait. À bas les vermines et autres créatures inférieures qui volent ce qui ne leur appartient pas !

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  Рік тому

      il a certainement arrêté la terrible influence de Raspoutine sur la famille royale

    • @courathiam256
      @courathiam256 Рік тому

      @@JohnRaymondHall Ça c'est certain ! M'est avis que si le Tsar ne l'avait pas fait exiler, ainsi que le Grand Duc Dmitri à cause de l'exécution de Raspoutine, le Tsar serait resté au pouvoir. Sa décision n'était pas juste.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  Рік тому

      @@courathiam256 Je n'avais jamais considéré cela - un point intéressant. et l'histoire de la Russie aurait été bien différente

    • @courathiam256
      @courathiam256 Рік тому

      @@JohnRaymondHall Absolument, bien vu pour la Russie.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  Рік тому

      @@courathiam256 c'est vrai

  • @anastasiaromanov2013
    @anastasiaromanov2013 9 років тому +6

    Felix and my grandfather were a lover in paris

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  9 років тому

      Annastasia Romanov wonderful to be connected with these now historic figures!

    • @MichaelS360
      @MichaelS360 8 років тому +1

      +Annastasia Romanov so, this is confirmed that Felix was a gay. Right?

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  8 років тому +2

      +Michael S. i think it's pretty well established - on my blog i write about it - "What is considerably less well-known is that both the Prince and the Grand Duke were gay ... and there is much speculation about a supposed relationship between them. Prince Felix made no secret of being gay, speaking quite candidly for example about wearing women's clothing in his autobiography 'Lost Splendor'. But for the usual dynastic reasons of the period, he married and produced heirs. Grand Duke Dmitri was far more circumspect about his sexuality. He was bisexual and had affairs with many women, including the famed Russian ballerina and early film actress Vera Karalli."

    • @MichaelS360
      @MichaelS360 8 років тому +1

      John Hall thanks for the info, John. I thought Felix was saying that wearing women's clothes was just for fun, as a joke.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  8 років тому +2

      +Michael S. that's an interesting point - but maybe it was fun for him as he was gay.
      Wiki (not the final word on things of course - LOL!) says:
      "Her husband-to-be, Felix Yussupov, was a man of many contradictions: a man from a very wealthy family[5] who enjoyed dressing in women's clothing and had sexual relationships with both men and women, scandalizing society. ... Felix, with his leanings toward homosexuality, was not certain if he was "fit for marriage."[9]
      It seems the Czar's family were not happy about the marriage due to Felix's being bisexual/gay: "Although Irina was understanding about Yussupov's wild past, her parents were not. When her parents and maternal grandmother Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna heard the rumors about Felix, they wanted to call off the wedding. Most of the stories they heard had originated from Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Irina's first cousin once removed, who had been one of Felix's friends and, it has been speculated, might have been involved in a romantic relationship with Felix."
      my guess, only a guess, is that he was bisexual - but tending towards gay. but a guess is only a guess.

  • @barbarahenry9231
    @barbarahenry9231 4 роки тому

    Too bad he didn’t know English

    • @takeitasitis8953
      @takeitasitis8953 22 дні тому +1

      He did! The interviewer spoke French, so they responded in French.

    • @barbarahenry9231
      @barbarahenry9231 22 дні тому

      @@takeitasitis8953 I’ve heard he wasn’t a nice man

  • @user-ug7yy6fy7z
    @user-ug7yy6fy7z 6 років тому +4

    Проклятый выродок, выстрелил в спину человеку, который стоял на коленях и молился, и вместо того, чтобы сесть в тюрьму за убийство, его показывали по телевизору и брали интервью.

    • @JohnRaymondHall
      @JohnRaymondHall  6 років тому

      на счетах я не упоминал об этом - спасибо за это

    • @PuaroMaster
      @PuaroMaster 4 роки тому

      Там замешана английская разведка, что они сейчас и не отрицают. Задача была раздробить россию и вывезти все. Но появился Ленин, Сталин- не получилось. Юсупова кинули и организация была плохая.