The Anglo-Russian Hospital was a hospital in

Petrograd Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

set up during the

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. It was called 'The (British) Empire's Gift to Our Russian Allies' and was founded in 1915 and was closed in 1918. Lady

Muriel Paget Lady Muriel Evelyn Vernon Paget CBE DStJ (19 August 1876 – 16 June 1938) was a British philanthropist and humanitarian relief worker, initially based in London, and later in Eastern and Central Europe. She was made an OBE in 1918 and promote ...

and

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helped raise the funds to keep the hospital, located in what is now the

Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace Beloselsky Belozersky Palace (Russian: Дворе́ц Белосе́льских-Белозе́рских; also known before the Revolution as the Palace of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, the Sergei Palace, and the Dmitry Palace) is a Ne ...

, running and set up several

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s along the Eastern Front. Pioneering

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served here for about 18 months between 1916-1918. The hospital was visited by Tsarina Alexandra and her daughters, and

Prince Felix Yusupov Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (russian: Князь Фе́ликс Фе́ликсович Юсу́пов, Граф Сумаро́ков-Эльстон, Knyaz' Féliks Féliksovich Yusúpov, Graf Sumarókov-El'ston; – ...

is reported to have had to have a fish bone removed from his throat here a few hours after the murder on

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. The hospital closed not long after the

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and the staff were evacuated to

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