Tsar and his family. No one understood Rasputin and Alexandra better than Anna did. She tells a good story but does not seem to tell the truth. Vyrubova spent the rest of her life first in Viipuri and later in Helsinki. She took vows as a Russian Orthodox nun but was permitted to live in a private home because of her physical disabilities. She died at 80, in Helsinki, where her grave is located in the Orthodox section of Hietaniemi cemetery. References Sources Maylunas, Andrei, and Mironenko, Sergei, eds.; Galy, Darya, translator, A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story, Doubleday, 1997 Nelipa, Margarita (2010) The Murder of Grigorii Rasputin. A Conspiracy That Brought Down the Russian Empire, Gilbert's Books. . Radzinsky, Edvard (2000) The Rasputin File, Doubleday. Vyrubova, Anna (1923) Memories of the Russian Court Virubova, Anna Taneleff & Irmeli Viherjuuri, Anna Virubova: Keisarinnan Hovineiti. Otava, 1987. . External links Later Memoirs by Anna Vyrubova 1917 Interview with Anna Vyrubova by an American Reporter, Rheta Childe Dorr Anna's Grave in Helsinki 1884 births 1964 deaths Nobility from the Russian Empire Memoirists from the Russian Empire Ladies-in-waiting from the Russian Empire Russian women of World War I Women writers from the Russian Empire White Russian emigrants to Finland Russian royal favourites Women memoirists 20th-century memoirists Court of Nicholas II of Russia Nurses from the Russian Empire