nikolai yusupov loved and decided to marry, but there was one obstacle, the girl was already engaged.e married the guards officer count monteuffel, but nikolai, not accustomed to love failures, did not back down and even went to paris for the newlyweds, of course. this did not please his opponent at all. and he challenged nikolai yusupov to a duel, at first no one was serious about this challenge. still did not take any of pushkin's times. yes, and the reason for the infidelity of his wife was more suitable for a divorce, and not for a deadly duel, but count monteuffel thought otherwise. the duel took place early in the morning on krestovsky island in the ability of beloselsky st. petersburg to shoot from revolvers thirty steps nikolai yusupov shot a montefel in yusupovo into the air, but did not hit, then the offended husband needed to reduce the distance to 15 steps. yusupov again fired into the air, but this time the count was accurate and laid down the heir to yusupov's millions on the spot until his 26th birthday. nikolai did not live six months. the mother was shocked by the dea