We went to the Yusupov Palace today and, having walked along the road alongside the Griboyedov Canal, came to the entrance door for the Palace, only to find a notice directing us to an entrance about half a mile away. The Palace was beautiful and worth £5 each, although the interior is very complicated and it is easy to get lost. Which we did. However we had to pay a further £5 each to see the Rasputin exhibition which was very interesting.
Moyka River
Yusupov Palace, tapestry room
The Blue Room
The Rotunda
The Red Room
The Green Room
Ballroom
Choral group in the ballroom
Family tree back to Yusup Khan, leader of the Nogai clan
Candle-holder in Nicholas Hall
Theatre
Bathroom
Bathroom
Bath towel holder
Conspirators waiting to murder Rasputin while Yusupov was giving him wine+arsenic upstairs
Rasputin
Yusupov giving Rasputin wine+arsenic
Photo of Rasputin fished out of the river
Decembrists Street