It all started in 1933 when an exiled Russian prince sued MGM for inaccurately depicting the murder of Grigori Rasputin.

However, the palace's real claim to fame is that it was the location where Rasputin – a controversial holy man and mystic – was assassinated in 1916. Felix Yusupov and his co-conspirators ...

A group of noblemen, led by Prince Felix Yusupov and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, lured Rasputin to a palace in St. Petersburg. He was poisoned, shot, and ultimately thrown into a frozen river ...