Moika River Embankment, St. Petersburg
The Yusupov Palace is famous for being the site where Grigori Rasputin was murdered. The mansion is said to be haunted by Rasputin’s ghost, as well as other spirits from the Yusupov family. Visitors have reported seeing ghostly figures in the halls, hearing unexplained noises, and feeling an eerie presence, particularly in the basement where Rasputin was killed.
Grigori YefimovichRasputin (c. 1872–1916) Russian mystic, healer, and prophet who predicted his own death, the deaths of the czar Nicholas II and his family, and…
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