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RASPUTIN
RASPUTIN
Grigori Efimovich Rasputin (1871?-1916) was one of the most enigmatic and controversial figures in 20th century history. Portrayed as both a saint and a consort of the devil, this Siberian "Mad Monk” reportedly drove hundreds of women into a sexual frenzy with his mesmerizing eyes and shaped the Russian history at a crucial period by gaining the confidence of the of tsar's family by treating Nicholas II's son's hemophilia.
Rasputin had long, dirty hair, parted in the middle, a flaring nose, a bushy, shaggy beard and piercing, deep-set, mesmerizing, "peculiar eyes." He rarely bathed, gave off a terrible smell and ate with his hands. The spell cast by Rasputin over the family of tsar Nicholas II, especially Empress Alexandra, bred resentment and helped bring down the Romanov dynasty at the end of World War I. People who met Rasputin described him as both short and tall, slender and fat. Some thought he was Alexandra’s lover. One of the women who worshipped him claimed he was impotent.
Book: “The Rasputin File” by Edvard Radzinsky (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2000) is regarded as the most authoritative source on Rasputin. It contains information released from Rasputin's KGB file after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Other books include “The Life and Times of G
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Grigori Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (;[1] 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1869 – 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1916) was a Russianpeasant, and a mysticalfaith healer.[2] He was not a monk who lived in a monastery, but a religiouspilgrim. In 1904 he arrived in the capital St Petersburg. The Tsar and Tsarina talked many times with Rasputin and asked for advice as he became their spiritual guide.
Life
[change | change source]Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was born a peasant in the small village of Pokrovskoye, along the Tura River in the Tobolsk Governorate (now Tyumen Oblast) in the Russian Empire. He was named for St. Gregory of Nyssa, whose feast was celebrated on 10 January.
Rasputin had a lot of influence over Tsarina Alexandra, the wife of TsarNicholas II. Alexandra believed that Rasputin was the answer to her worries.[2] Her only son, Tsarevich Alexei, the heir to the throne was very sick. He had hemophilia. It caused heavy bleeding and pain in his groin and legs each time he fell. Rasputin calmed the boy and the parents. She believed Rasputin was the only person who could heal her son with his prayers.[2]
Because of this, the Tsar and his family began to trust Rasputin mo