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.
Krievu monarhija tobrīd atradās uz sabrukuma robežas, un Jusupovs un pārējie augstmaņi uzskatīja, ka pie vainas ir svētais, ko viņi uzaicinājuši vakariņās.