Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich

Born: 18 September 1891
Died: 5 March 1942, aged about 51
Record: Wikidata Q372954 · Wikipedia

Perpetrator in The Killing of Rasputin

First cousin of Nicholas II; took part in the plot and was sent to the Persian front as punishment.

1916–1917 · Moika Palace, Petrograd · Never caught

Poisoned cakes, a man who would not die, a body under the ice: the famous story comes from one of Rasputin's killers. The autopsy tells a plainer one. Read the case.

Dated events

2 January 1917
Rasputin is buried at Tsarskoye Selo; Dmitri Pavlovich is sent to the Persian front and Yusupov to his estate.