Nikolai Yusupov, elder brother of Felix, his life and death

[Carolath Habsburg]

Thank you! i never seen it so big!. Nicholas looks dashing and Felix so cute!

[ashanti01]

Felix, Zenaida and Nicholas.

Posted previously in this thread however when I reorganized my photobucket account, links were broken.

[ashanti01]

Nicholas, Felix and Zenaida

[ashanti01]

Arwid Manteuffel in the middle of the back row. 1906

[Carolath Habsburg]

Young Nicholas



 

[ashanti01]

Nicholas Yusupov

[ashanti01]

Nicholas and Felix Yusupov

[katmaxoz]

Here's a minature of Nikolai that is coming up for sale soon:



It's lot 3589 in the militaria section of this auction: http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_en/onlinekatalogeneu/militarianeu.html  if you want more detail on the piece.

[ashanti01]

Thank you Kathy for sharing this beautiful find! It has to be one of the best miniatures of Nicholas I have seen.

[Eric_Lowe]

I do wonder what Marina looked like in her youth...anybody ?

[ashanti01]

only photo of Marina as a young woman I have ever been able to find.

[Kalafrana]

To judge from the hair, that must have been taken in the 1920s.

Ann

[Vecchiolarry]

Hi,

I would say that Nicholas was 100 times better looking than Felix ever was......
He appears stronger and more intelligent to me.

Larry

[Eric_Lowe]

I agree,

Nicholas was handsome with a sensuous mouth, Felix was too pretty...

[JamesAPrattIII]

In the book "The Foe Within" says in Russia by the late 1800s duels between civilians were outlawed but duels between officers were allowed and in some cases mandatory.

Ron Moe's book on Rasputin has an account of this duel and the events leading up to it.