17 Facts About Anna Vyrubova

Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova was a lady-in-waiting in the late Russian Empire, the best friend and confidante of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna.

Anna Vyrubova was a childhood friend of Felix Yussupov, who later spearheaded the murder of Rasputin.

Anna Vyrubova went on holidays with the Romanovs in three succeeding years.

In 1907, Anna Vyrubova married Alexander Vasilievich Vyrubov, a Russian nobleman and an officer appointed in the Imperial chancellery.

Anna Vyrubova became one of Rasputin's adherents and on the order of the Tsarina, she went on a trip to his home village of Pokrovskoye to investigate the rumours about Rasputin.

Anna Vyrubova's importance grew at the court, as the friendship with Milica of Montenegro and her sister Anastasia deteriorated.

Around Easter 1912 Anna Vyrubova stashed Rasputin on a train to Yalta, so he could visit the Imperial family in the Livadia Palace on the Crimea.

Anna Vyrubova had to show it directly to the Tsar Nicholas II.

Anna Vyrubova was severely injured in a train accident between the capital and Tsarskoye Selo in January 1915; the convalescent Anna Vyrubova found herself a paraplegic, but credited Rasputin with saving her life with his prayers.

Anna Vyrubova started a hospital with the money she received from the train company as compensation.

Anna Vyrubova planned to build a church dedicated to Seraphim of Sarov on her property.

Anna Vyrubova's body was taken to the Chesmensky Almshouse for autopsy.

Sick with measles, Anna Vyrubova was arrested on 21 March 1917 and underwent five months of prison in the Peter and Paul Fortress, which included a medical examination to prove her virginity.

Anna Vyrubova endured much hardship avoiding the Bolsheviks, and she was able to escape to Finland only in December 1920.

Anna Vyrubova met with Zinaida Gippius, Alexander Blok and Valery Bryusov.

Anna Vyrubova spent the rest of her life first in Viipuri and later in Helsinki.

Anna Vyrubova took vows as a Russian Orthodox nun but was permitted to live in a private home because of her physical disabilities.