A printed copy of the portrait depicts Prince Felix Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston. His son wrote in his memoirs that the general was very handsome:
Prince F.F. Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston
Creation period
2015
Place of сreation
Rakitnoye
Dimensions
60x40 cm
Technique
copy, printing on a plastic film, base – fiberboard
Collection
0
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Prince F.F. Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston
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…tall, thin, elegant, brown-eyed and black-haired. Over the years he grew heavier, but his stateliness has not been lost.
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The younger prince said of his father’s character:
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He had more common sense than deep thought. For his kindness he was loved by ordinary people, especially his subordinates, but his superiors sometimes disliked him for his directness and harshness. <…> His wife and he were very different, and he could not understand her. Being a natural soldier, he did not like her scholarly friends.
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In his youth, Felix Yusupov Sr. enlisted in the Guards regiment. Later, he became its commander, and then received the rank of general and became a member of the imperial retinue. At the end of 1914, Nicholas II sent him on a mission abroad, and on his return appointed him governor-general of Moscow.
Former Moscow governor Vladimir Dzhunkovsky wrote in his memoirs that the prince “was a very kind and good man. At the same time, Dzhunkovsky made a note: ‘however, he was somewhat stubborn, had a great aplomb and a habit of ‘looking at everything more than lightly’ (‘this is nothing’ was his favorite expression).”
Outsiders were more critical of the general. In the surviving notes of officer Vladimir Dogadin, who in 1916, was treated in Yusupov’s sanatorium in Koreiz, there is this record:
Former Moscow governor Vladimir Dzhunkovsky wrote in his memoirs that the prince “was a very kind and good man. At the same time, Dzhunkovsky made a note: ‘however, he was somewhat stubborn, had a great aplomb and a habit of ‘looking at everything more than lightly’ (‘this is nothing’ was his favorite expression).”
Outsiders were more critical of the general. In the surviving notes of officer Vladimir Dogadin, who in 1916, was treated in Yusupov’s sanatorium in Koreiz, there is this record:
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The sanatorium was located in the park of a luxurious Crimean estate of Prince F. F. Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston, one of the richest men in Russia. He was called “the sack of gold” and it was said that many of the Grand Dukes were in his debt. He owned almost sixty estates in various parts of Russia, for the management of which he had his own main office with a whole system of economic and financial administration. <…> He was tall, heavily-built, and had a pompous, turkey-like manner. He took little part in general conversations, and on one occasion I saw him seriously discussing the question… …about breeding chickens. And it was amusing to see these two important generals discussing this agricultural matter, revealing their naive knowledge of it.
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Prince F.F. Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston
Creation period
2015
Place of сreation
Rakitnoye
Dimensions
60x40 cm
Technique
copy, printing on a plastic film, base – fiberboard
Collection
0
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