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No one, at least at the time was absolutely certain of what kind of man he was but many suspected and accused him of many affairs with women. Including one with the Tsarina, as well as bigger accusations like rape, pedophilia, and being a drunkard. Rasputin also had alcohol issues, mostly spending his personal money on it constantly. He presented himself as holy and a man of the church but many did view him as the “antichrist”, so its safer to say he would be cruel.

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Why did you choose this topic?

J: Because I was interested in knowing more about how Rasputin became known in Russia before the Tsars knew them.

V: I was interested in it because I really like the Anastasia movie

What did you think about this topic going into it?

J: I thoughtat first that he was just an advisor of some kind that was slightly controversial.

V: I thought it was interesting how he’s pretty different from the Anastasia movie character

What did you learn about this topic?

J:  I learned that Rasputin was far more manipulative than I thought because he also had befriended the Tsar and not just the Tsarian, meaning he used both of them for political influence.

V: I learned that he did a lot of other bad things along with having his followers be assigned government jobs while having no experience to have those positions

How did your learning change your thoughts on the topic?

J: It changed how I viewed the killers of Rasputin, now I understand why they would at least not want a guy like him around.

V: It changed how I saw the urgency of Nicholas II and the Russian people not wanting him there

What did you enjoy about your topic and the technology you chose to use?

J: I enjoyed getting to organize the sections of information around.

V: I liked how easy it was to set up and figure out

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There were not great elements to it. He was born to a poorer Siberian family in Tyumen. The village they lived in was one of the many that believed Vodka would solve extreme cold. Rasputin was a delinquent because he committed petty crimes, drank heavily as a non-adult, and was someone the village viewed as cruel hearted even. He didn't learn how to read and write until he was an adult. Although some members of the village saw him as spiritually gifted.

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After being married and having 3 children, Rasputin had set out on a journey for about 24 months and eventually came to St.Petersburg in 1903, he was welcomed by Theophan who worked at the religious academy of St. Petersburg. He was welcomed because he fit the “box” of interest of the St. Petersburg people who were generally looking into the mystical, spiritual, & unknown supernatural people and experiences at the time.

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Those Who Supported Him Outside The Royals

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Those Who Supported Him Outside The Royals

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Rasputin had many interests from others in himself for many reasons, but he was known to be generally a charismatic person and by 1905 he formed good bonds with the wives of  cousins of the Tsar who were Milica and Anastasia of Montenegro. They helped Rasputin be introduced to the Tsar himself eventually.

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Rasputin met with the Tsar on November 1st 1905 because of the alleged healing abilities that many and Rasputin himself, claimed he had. The Tsar had written in his journal that he had met him, as well as his family. The Tsar had called him a “man of god”.

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Rasputin provided comfort in Alexandra because she believed he was going to heal her son. She became more calm about Alexei’s illness and that led to him being more calm about it as well. Which just created a placebo effect for Alexei being healed.

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Rasputin's motives were to help the sickly young child of the Tsar, but when he got closer to the royal Russian family he started to take advantage of the trust both the Tsar and Tsarina had in him by constantly influencing their personal and political decisions to his personal advantage or opinion.

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Rasputin's Relationship with the Tsarina

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Rasputin's Relationship with the Tsarina

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Rasputin had a relationship that had many sides and hidden parts in others opinions with the Tsarina Alexandra. She believed his “healing power” was making her son get better, and that he was a good person to keep by her side for advice.

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His Relationship with the General Public of Russia

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His Relationship with the General Public of Russia

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The Russian citizens did not collectively hate him but he did have the Moscow and Petrograd societies. But some aristocrats, as well as the bourgeoisie deposed him for the same reason as the others, he was becoming too powerful of an influential and disruptive figure on the Tsars family and creating a new image of them as well. Overall the government did not appreciate him.

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They first gave him cyanide laced wine and food. It had no effect so they shot him at close range and left him for dead. He ended up surviving that as well so they viciously beat and shot him even more. He then also lived through that o they threw him in a freezing river.

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Rasputin with his wife, Praskovia Dubrovina.

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Rasputin had given up studying at the Verkhoturye in Russia which was where he was going to study to become a monk, but instead chose to marry his wife at just age 19 in February 1887. They had 3 children later on, which Rasputin likely wasn't there for.

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January 21st 1869

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December 30th 1916