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Mystic with ties to the throne Grigori Rasputin's ability to ease the suffering their young son made him a favorite of Russia's Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra.

Grigori Rasputin

Russian mystic
Also known as: Grigori Yefimovich Novykh, Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, Grigory Rasputin(Show More)
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Grigori Rasputin (born January 22 [January 10, Old Style], 1869, Pokrovskoye, near Tyumen, Siberia, Russian Empire—died December 30 [December 17, Old Style], 1916, Petrograd [now St. Petersburg, Russia]) was a Siberian peasant and mystic whose ability to improve the condition of Aleksey Nikolayevich, the hemophiliac heir to the Russian throne, made him an influential favorite at the court of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra. Although he attended school, Grigori Rasputin remained illiterate, and his...

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