Grigori Rasputin Biography

Grigori Rasputin

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputi (born January 10, 1869 - died December 29, 1916 at age 47 years) is a Russian legend in the last days of the Romanov dynasty. Rasputin played an important role in the future Tsar Nicholas II, his wife the Tsaritsa Alexandra, and the only son Tsarevich Alexei, had hemophilia.


Rasputin is often referred to as the Mad Monks, although he never became a monk and never kept his marriage. He alleged a starets, or religious, and he is believed to heal physical and mental illness. He can be regarded as one of the controversial figures in 20th-century history, although Rasputin is now regarded by historians as the only scapegoat. He played a small but important role in the fall of the Romanov dynasty that finally brought the Bolshevik victory and the establishment of the Soviet Union.


Rasputin death

Grigori Rasputin was first poisoned with cyanide. The dose equivalent to killing 10 people. But because it was known then that the cyanide has been damaged by the heating of food, he did not die. Then he was shot from behind by Felix Yusupov and his friends, but still able to survive. He was shot again three times, but did not die as well. Rasputih finally beaten with sticks and thrown into the cold Neva River. From the autopsy, the cause of death is actually drowning.