The Russian monarchy  was on the brink of collapse, and to Yusupov  and his fellow aristocrats, the holy man they’d invited to dinner  was the single cause of it all.
A monarquia russa  estava à beira do colapso e, para Yusupov e para os seus amigos aristocratas, o santo homem que tinham convidado para jantar era a única causa de tudo isso.