Who Was Rasputin?
Rasputin was a leading figure of the Russian Revolution, he was an advisor to the ruling monarch of Russia at the time, Tsar Nichols II. Then, when Tsar Nichols II was fighting in World War I, Rasputin grew in influence over the monarchy. In effect, Rasputin was ruling Russia with the Tsarina Alexandra (the Tsars wife), while Tsar Nichols II was off fighting in World War II.
Why Is Rasputin Well Known?
Rasputin became well known over his grip over Russia, and his grip over Tsarina Alexandra. He proclaimed to be a religious healer, though, that’s debatable.
Rasputin claimed to heal the Tsarina and Tsar’s young son, Alexis. There are different theories about his real ‘powers’, with some arguing that Rasputin was just a charlatan, while others have argued that Rasputin had healing powers. Rasputin is thought to have healed Alexis, though, this is debatable. There could have been other reasons why Alexis was healed. Alexis being healed resulted in Rasputin gaining favour with the Russian royal family, especially the Tsarina. It’s apparent that both the Tsarina was close with the monk, which has resulted in speculation that their relationship was more than just platonic.
This eventually lead to his downfall. The Russian aristocracy became increasingly angry at their close relationship. They believed that the relationship was putting the Russian royal family in jeopardy, they were right. However, by the time anything was done about him, it was far too later.
His assassination took place on the 30th of December 1916. He was took to the basement of the Yusupov Palace during the early morning hours of the 30th of December 1916. He was given food which was laced with cyanide; it didn’t kill him. Then, he was shot; that didn’t kill him either. He was believed to have been dead at this point, however, he jumped up and attacked his attackers. He was shot again; this shot is believed to have finally killed him. Though, some claim that he was still alive when he was thrown into the river. Assassinating him didn’t save the Russian royal family. A few weeks later, the February Revolution broke out in 1917. This was the first of two revolutions in Russia during that year, the other revolution happened in October and became known as the October Revolution.
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