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THIS VIDEO GIVES THE BASIS OF RASPUTIN'S LIFE, A TIMELINE OF SORTS. I RECOMMEND WATCHING THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT A CLEAN-CUT UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIFE OF GRIGORI RASPUTIN.

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PHOTO COLLECTION

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This is Rasputin with his three of his kids children, Dmitri, Varvara, and Maria.

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HE WAS A FATHER!
Rasputin was indeed the father to seven kids. The family tree is very complicated, so I won't go into deatil.

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This is Rasputin himself.

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HIS REAL NAME ISN'T RASPUTIN
Rasputin's real name is Grigori Yefimovich Novykh. The Russian word “rasputnik” means debauchee. He persuaded Tsar Nicholas II to let him change his name by law. Just before Christmas 1906, he became Rasputin Novy, which means “New Rasputin”. He was also called "The Mad Monk" before and after his death.

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This is Alexei, the heir to the throne of Russia whom Rasputin "saved".

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Rasputin in the hospital after surviving an assassination attempt in 1914.

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Rasputin had begun getting more involved in the politics of Russia. The Tsar and Tsarina blindly accepted his suggestions, not knowing he was only manipulating them. In the month of July 1914, an attempt to assassinate Rasputin was made by a masked woman. He survived the attempt after a doctor performed surgery on him. The royal family grew so close with Rasputin that the Tsar asked for his advice on all of his important meetings. Rasputin began gaining many enemies as he worked his way up the system. Through this power, Rasputin became almost untouchable because no one in power opposed him. He once suggested that they should attempt to make peace with Germany, saying that the war would be catastrophic. The Tsar didn't listen, causing him his empire merely years later.

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HE 'REFUSED TO DIE'
As explained, in the section, "AFTER THE WAR: ASSASSINATION", Rasputin, in the sense, refused to die after 2 attempts at his life, the third being the successful attempt.

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HE PREDICTED HIS OWN DEATH
Rasputin predicted that he would soon be killed but that he was unclear as to who would commit the act.

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HE WAS NEVER A REAL MYSTIC
Among the Russian public and, indeed, the Russian Royal Family, Rasputin had become something of a self proclaimed ‘mystic’.

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HE WAS NEVER A MONK
Although he attended the Verkhoture Monastery, he left and had returned to his home village by the age of 19. He certainly hadn’t completed his training by this time.

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HE WAS AN ILLITERATE
Rasputin didn't know how to read or write, after leaving school at the age of 8.

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SOURCES FOR WRITING

1. http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/rasputin.htm

2. http://historycooperative.org/mad-monk-grigori-rasputin-story/

3. http://alphahistory.com/russianrevolution/grigori-rasputin/

4. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/grigori-rasputin-6160.php

5. https://historyofrussia.org/rasputin-facts/

6. https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/rasputin

7. https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21712108-dubious-account-gruesome-murder-grigory-rasputin-how-rasputin-was-killed

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Rasputin's death has been on the curious side of the spectrum. Why? Because he basically, wouldn't die. Prince Felix Yusupov and his assassins were the ones who ultimately killed Rasputin on December 30th, 1916, in St. Petersburg, and the accounts of his death were only found in Yusupov's journal. His aristocratic assassins and himself all believed that Russia could only be freed if the royal family was saved from the faith-healer's malign influence. So the created a plan, but it didn't go as they thought it would. They got a hold of cyanide, a fatal drug that can kill in seconds, and added it to wine and cakes. Yusupov befriended Rasputin earlier on and invited Rasputin to dinner, but when he consumed all of the poison, he was alive and unharmed. So Yusupov shot him in the chest at point-blank range, only to see Rasputin wake up minutes later and only to be foaming at the mouth. They sot at him again, multiple times, and then dumped his body into a river. That is when Grigori Rasputin truly died. It is suspected that this story is false, but no one can really confirm the truth.

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Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin was born on January 21st, 1869, Pokrovskoye, near Tyumen, Siberia, Russian Empire. He grew a fascination for religion, and eventually became known as a wandering mystic, someone who goes around and teaches their faith. He gained many followers by going around and spreading his faith, to the point where plans for building a church were in place. He reached Saint Petersburg in 1904. The capitol was in a state of unrest because of decisions made by Tsar Nicholas. Around this time was when Rasputin found himself inside the courts of the Imperial family. After he was believed by the family to have healed Alexei (Alexis), the young boy who was heir to the Russian throne, he was invited to stay with the family.