Grigori Efimovich Rasputin (1869-1916)

[delincolon]

Check out The Real Rasputin at Rasputin and The Jews | Vindicating Rasputin and read "Rasputin and The Jews: A Reversal of History" Rasputin and The Jews: A Reversal of History: Delin Colón: 9781461027751: Amazon.com: Books and
"Rasputin: The Memoirs of His Secretary" RASPUTIN: The Memoirs of his Secretary: Aron Simanovitch, Bryna Kranzler, Delin Colon, Siri Nadler: 9781484925850: Amazon.com: Books

 

[Warren]

In case anyone jumps to the wrong conclusions due to the titles "...and the Jews", here is part of the Amazon blurb for "...A Reversal of History":

"This book is a well-documented account of Rasputin as a healer, equal rights activist and man of God, and why he was so vilified by the aristocracy that their vicious rumors became accepted as history. For nearly a century, Grigory Rasputin, spiritual advisor to Russia's last Tsar and Tsarina, has been unjustly maligned simply because history is written by the politically powerful and not by the common man.

A wealth of evidence shows that Rasputin was discredited by a fanatically anti-Semitic Russian society, for advocating equal rights for the severely oppressed Jewish population, as well as for promoting peace in a pro-war era. Testimony by his friends and enemies, from all social strata, provides a picture of a spiritual man who hated bigotry, inequity and violence. The author is the great-great niece of Aron Simanovitch, Rasputin's Jewish secretary."

 

[CyrilVladisla]

In Nicholas and Alexandra, Robert K. Massie wrote:

Having herself entered into religious retreat, Ella regarded Rasputin as a blasphemous and lascivious imposter. At every opportunity she spoke, sometimes gently, sometimes bitterly, to Alexandra about the starets.
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In Nicholas and Alexandra, Robert K. Massie wrote:

To support his family, Rasputin took up farming. One day while plowing, he thought he saw a vision and declared that he had been directed to make a pilgrimage.
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Prince Felix Yusupov felt that Rasputin was a man of immense presence who held the Tsar and Tsarina in thrall and was thereby a danger to the nation. Prince Yusupov believed that Rasputin's death could change the course of events.

 

[COUNTESS]

Ella was an anti-Semite, too. She was less noble than you think. I do not know if Rasputin was as noble as they are trying to make him appear, but the Romanov's were not very nice people, especially when it came to Jews and other sects they could care less about.

 

[Curryong]

The main danger of Rasputin being known to be so close to the imperial family was that his presence allowed rumours to spread regarding his influence over the Tsarina. There were filthy libels about their relationship which spread all over the Russian Empire. A more far-sighted couple than Nicholas and Alexandra would have recognised the danger of having such a person near to the throne and not become involved with him in the first place, even if he was able to help the young Tsaravitch.

 

[An Ard Ri]

The murder of Grigori Rasputin

The murder of Grigori Rasputin | History Today

 

[lucien]

Prince Felix Yusupov believed that Rasputin's death could change the course of events.

And it did...but not as Felix had wished,nor was his part in the murder as big as he always claimed and boasted about.

Nor was Rasputin the all evil spirited man Felix and others of the IF claimed he was.He was more of a scapegoat if anything else,the source of immense jealousy within the IF and other "High circles".

 

[XeniaCasaraghi]

Rasputin was a problem but more than that was the secrecy. He was attached to Alexandra and the court already hated her but they couldn't kill her.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Empress Alexandra arranged an interview with Prime Minister Peter Stolypin of Russia and Rasputin. She also arranged an interview with Prime Minister Vladimir Kokovtsov of Russia and Rasputin. Leaving each Prime Minister, Rasputin reported to Alexandra that neither man seemed attentive to him or to the will of God.

 

[victor1319]

On this day: The assassination of Rasputin

I stumbled about this article today on an economics blog:

"On This Day: Art Cashin On One Of History's Most Famous Assassinations"
By Art Cashin of UBS Financial Services
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-27/day-art-cashin-one-historys-most-famous-assassinations

A good read and quite interesting and a bit cynical! Best of:

"On this night Prince Yussupov, the Czar's nephew-in-law, invited Rasputin over for some late-night cakes and wine. Yussupov and his pals loaded the cakes and wine with enough cyanide to kill a regiment of Cossacks. And just for insurance they put extra cyanide on the knives, forks, plates and glasses. Then Yussupov sat down and made small talk with Rasputin. Over several hours Rasputin ate most of the cakes and drank all of the wine. Then he asked the prince if he had any more wine. In a panic, Yussupov ran upstairs where the co-conspirators gave him a gun and told him to shoot Rasputin. He shot him in the back at close range. Rasputin tried to turn but fell backward."

But this is not the end! Give it a try via the link above!

 

[Queen Claude]

OK so I am not alone in finding a humorous side to Rasputin's murder.

 

[Curryong]

It's awful because after all this is a human being losing his life, but yes, I've always felt there were farcical elements to the repeated attempts to kill Rasputin. 'If the cakes won't do it perhaps the wine...', and he remained alive after being shot as well...

 

[Moonmaiden23]

You folks are not alone..it's dark, farcical comedy at it's best (or worst depending on your point of view)...Prince Felix slipping down to the basement to have a peek at his handiwork, then running shrieking back up the staircase to retch in his mummy's bathroom when the undead starets opens his eyes to glare at his bumbling assassin. I howl every time!

But it's the photo of Rasputin's frozen and battered corpse dredged up from the Neva that is no laughing matter.

It's gruesome.