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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...

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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. 

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