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	Grigori Rasputin Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rasputin played an important role in the lives of the Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra and their only son, the Tsarevich Alexei, who was a hemophilia patient and suffered from a lot of pain.
		Rasputin, whose date of birth is a matter of dispute (generally ranging from 1869 to 1871), was born into a Siberian peasant family in the Tyumen district.
		To Westerners, Rasputin became the embodiment of the purported Russian backwardness, superstition, irrationality and licentiousness, and an object of sensational interest; to the Russian Communists, he represented all that was evil in the old regime and had been overcome in the revolution.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/grigori_rasputin.html (1183 words)

	MSN Encarta - Rasputin
		Rasputin first met Russian emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra in the autumn of 1905, when Russia was in the midst of an uprising against the monarchy (see Russian Revolution of 1905).
		Rasputin seemed to embody the simple peasant faith in the monarchy that Nicholas saw as the chief support for his dynasty and the main justification of his role as autocrat and protector of his people.
		Rasputin’s influence grew significantly during 1915 and 1916, with Nicholas II away at the front during World War I and the Empress Alexandra playing a more active role in government.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567081/Rasputin_Grigory_Yefimovich.html (536 words)

	The Evil Monk: The life and times of Gregory Efimovich Rasputin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rasputin's influence continued and the Imperial Family's image continued to be tainted with opprobrium and scandal emanating from the actions of the evil monk.
		Rasputin's corpse was discovered under the ice of the Neva on December 19.
		For 80% of the Russian population Rasputin was a "man of the people." He was their hope that the imperial couple would never forget the plight of the peasantry.
	www.eurohistory.com /Rasputin.html (3718 words)

	World History: Russia: Rasputin
		Rasputin is reported to have said, "This time it is you who must bless me." He seems to have put his affairs in order.
		Rasputin leaped to his feet and attacked Yusupov, attempting to strangle him, all the while foaming at the mouth.
		Rasputin then left the house and was moving across the courtyard, saying that he was going to tell the Tsarina, when his co-conspirator Purishkevich shot at him, finally striking him in the back.
	www.historywiz.com /historymakers/rasputin.htm (986 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Grigory Rasputin
		Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin (1872-1916) was the infamous 'holy man' whose ability to heal the Tsar and Tsarina's son Alexis led to his being adopted as a supreme mystic at court.
		However Rasputin's rise to royal influence dates from his summons to the royal palace in an attempt to try and prevent their son Alexis's continuing loss of blood (as a haemophiliac).
		With Rasputin offering advice on the appointment (and dismissal) of public and church officials, and rumour spreading that the Tsarina and Rasputin were in the pay of the Germans, a group of nobles at court, led by Felix Yusupov, determined to resolve the appalling damage inflicted by Rasputin upon the monarchy by arranging his murder.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/rasputin.htm (874 words)

	Gregory Rasputin Russian monk
		Grigory Efimovich, later known as Rasputin (a name which translates as "The Debauchee"), was born into a peasant family on January 10, 1869 (old calendar) at Pokrovskoye, a village located in the province of Tobolsk, Siberia.
		Rasputin's influence was increasingly felt in Russian society, in the appointment of Bishops, even in politics.
		Rasputin's influence over the royal family was partly responsible for the rising tide of discontent that led to the downfall of the monarchy in the serious domestic upheavals that culminated in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
	www.age-of-the-sage.org /historical/biography/gregory_rasputin.html (494 words)

	Grigory Rasputin
		Rasputin is known as the Siberian mystic healer, whose life has been retold countless number of times throughout history.
		Rasputin was both an ordinary peasant - simple, forceful and direct - while at the same time, he held the power to captivate people with his healing powers and insight into the future.
		Rasputin is as famous for his death as he is for his life.
	it.stlawu.edu /~rkreuzer/indv5/rasp.htm (1357 words)

	RASPUTIN
		Grigori Efimovich Rasputin was born a peasant in Povroskoe, a small village in Western Siberia in June of 1872.
		Rasputin climbed out of his bed, then approached and pointed at one man exclaiming that he was the one who stole the horse.
		Although at the time, Rasputin was only thinking of this journey as a less severe punishment in comparison to temporary exile, it turned out to be a very influential experience on his life that further led him towards his future infamy.
	it.stlawu.edu /~rkreuzer/phetzel/rasputin1.html (1845 words)

	Rasputin .....................
		Rasputin arrived in St. Petersburg in the robes of a monk, as a self-styled 'holy man', or 'staretz', with a reputation as a reckless drunkard, a healer, and a womaniser.
		Rasputin had, through friends of the Royal family, been invited to the palace, and it wasn't long before he became a confidante, telling stories to the children and giving Biblical advice to Alexandra.
		Rasputin's corpse was exhumed and burned by a mob during the February Revolution of 1917.
	www.worsleyschool.net /socialarts/rasputin/page.html (1272 words)

	Alexander Palace Time Machine - Grigori Efimovich Rasputin
		Rasputin was born in the Tyumen district of Siberia, far away from the glittering salons in the Imperial Capital of St. Petersburg.
		As Rasputin staggered into the next room, he spoke, prophetically saying that although she would live, for the rest of her life Anna would be a cripple.
		Rasputin cunningly knew how to undermine his enemies in the church and soon had them exiled or in disgrace.
	www.alexanderpalace.org /palace/Rasputin.html (829 words)

	disinformation \| rasputin: the mad monk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rasputin's early life is shrouded in mystery, and the public fragments come from family oral traditions.
		Rasputin's reputation was assured when he seemed to heal Alexis (Aleksey), the only son of Czar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra (Aleksandra), of the rare blood disease Hemophilia.
		Rasputin had prophecied the decline and fall of the Romanov empire if he was assassinated, and the ultra-royalist desire for a renewed monarchy never materialized.
	www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/dossier/id291/pg1 (1169 words)

	Rasputin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rasputin got up in his nightshirt and pointed to one of the guests declaring him to be the thief.
		Rasputin rejoiced at hearing the Elder's words, since this was a dream he had since childhood, to devote his life to God.
		Yusupov disliked Rasputin's crude peasant ways, especially the way he so cordially addressed the high members of society, and the way he embraced and fondled women, this was especially true of Munia Golovin the woman that was to marry Yusupov's dead brother.
	www.homestead.com /ssdivining/Rasputin.html (3575 words)

	Rasputin in Brief
		Rasputin soon had nearly everyone around him convinced that he was a holy man, a person endowed with special powers by the Creator, and when tsar Nicholas II was searching and ready to try almost anything to heal is son, Alexei, someone summoned Father Rasputin.
		It was not a good public relations activity to have Rasputin in the royal court because he was a poor man from peasant stock in Siberia, and the tsar was not thought of as associating with peasants in such a close manner; it tarnished his reputation as an elite gentleman among the nobles.
		The tsaritsa listened intently to Rasputin’s word, and saw to it that it be passed on and carried out by Nicholas II, as she felt it was compulsory in order for her family to stay safe and alive.
	members.tripod.com /~LiamK (1759 words)

	Channel 4: Masters of Darkness
		On one occasion Rasputin was observed violently beating her while she held on to his penis, shouting: 'I am your ewe, and you are Christ.' Other women claimed he'd raped them.
		Rasputin's position in St Petersburg was already secure, but in 1912 it was reinforced by one of the most famous demonstrations of his healing power.
		Rasputin's immunity to the enormous dose of cyanide he imbibed is often seen as the final proof of his supernatural powers, but there is perhaps a more mundane explanation.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/M/masters_darkness/rasputin.html (1065 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Valentin Rasputin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the 1970s Valentin Grigor'evich Rasputin became one of the best-known writers in the USSR, allied to the “village prose” movement.
		Rasputin was born on 15 March 1937 in Ust'-Uda, a small village on the Angara river a few hundred miles from Irkutsk, a city of half a million people about fifty kilometres from Lake Baikal; and his schooling and early childhood were spent in the village of Atalanka.
		Rasputin's teenage years, then, were spent largely with his mother and his paternal grandmother Mariia Gerasimovna; the latter, in particular, was to prove a great inspiration for his characterisation of peasant figures.
	www.literaryencyclopedia.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5424 (699 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Rasputin myth 'debunked'
		Rasputin's corpse was dragged from under the ice
		One of the most enduring myths about Rasputin is the story of his murder, which was allegedly witnessed by numerous people.
		The principle assassin, Prince Yussupov, shot Rasputin in the chest at point-blank range after wine and cakes, heavily laced with potassium cyanide, failed to kill the monk, say the history books.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/678502.stm (480 words)

	Rasputin, Grigori Yefimovich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Rasputin never had a clear political program, but unscrupulous and reactionary officials, financiers, and ecclesiastics profited through his influence.
		Rasputin’s disgraceful behavior, the czarina’s attempts to shield him, and a series of scandals involving his appointees helped to undermine the imperial government.
		Later buried, Rasputin’s corpse was exhumed and burned by the mob during the February Revolution of 1917.
	www2.bartleby.com /65/ra/Rasputin.html (310 words)

	movieThemes: Alan Rickman - Rasputin
		Into this melee, the Siberian peasant-monk, Rasputin (Alan Rickman), who is believed to have special powers, is let into the Tsarina's inner circle to treat her son and ailing heir to the throne, Alexei.
		Admittedly, certain events in Rasputin's life are glossed over with one sentence in places, but for the most part, this is a fairly accurate representation of the downfall of the Romanov family and the man that helped to bring them down.
		Rasputin led an unconventional life for a man of God, and Rickman takes us through the many levels of the semi-literate peasant-monk, from soothsayer, healer, religious man, hedonistic lout and drunkard.
	www.cybamuse.com /movieThemes/actors/arickman/rasputin.htm (526 words)

	Rasputin
		Even the evil Rasputin was a real man and as evil as he was shown in the animated movie the same evilness was aquired in his real life.
		Rasputin influenced the Tsar's political decisions, and his meddling and advice crippled the Imperial government.
		Rasputin's corpse was later recovered on the bank of the icy river.The damage Rasputin inflicted helped topple the Romanov dynasty two months later -- an event the monk foresaw and predicted in a letter addressed to the family and delivered to them after his death.
	members.tripod.com /~Pharaoh30/index-6.html (427 words)

	Legal Tyranny - Where Is Anastasia - Chapter 7, Rasputin's Murder
		Since the Empress had become so dependent on Rasputin, Prince Felix Yussupov and other members of the family believed murder was the only way to get rid of the monk.
		Rasputin collapsed from the poison, but did not die.
		Three months after Rasputin's death by the hand of Romanov "relations," Nicholas was deposed as Tsar (March, 1917).
	www.lawbuzz.com /tyranny/anastasia/anastasia_ch7.htm (292 words)

	Rasputin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916) was a mystic for the Romanov dynasty during the Russian Empire.
		Rasputin - Miracles Lie in the Eye of the Beholder, rock opera
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rasputin (107 words)

	Grigori Rasputin at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин) (January 10, 1869 - December 16, 1916 (O.S.)) was a Russian mystic with an influence in the later days of Russia's Romanov dynasty.
		On the night of his murder, Rasputin said to Yussupov: "The aristocrats can't get used to the idea that a humble peasant should be welcome at the Imperial Palace.
		Disaster will come to anyone who lifts a finger against me." Within three months Nicholas II and the Romanov dynasty were overthrown; within 19 months the tsar and his family were all dead.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Grigori_Rasputin.html (1315 words)

	Boney M related articles: Rasputin Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This mysterious ability to heal her son was enough to convince Aleksandra that Rasputin, whatever people said of him, must have been sent by God.
		Rasputin's power was an illusion, although the Petersburg press crowed about his influence over important government appointments.
		Rasputin was neither a monk or a priest.
	www.groovecave.com /boneym/related/rasputin.htm (915 words)

	Rasputin
		Rasputin's hold over Alexandra stemmed from his hypnotic power to alleviate the suffering of the hemophiliac crown prince, Aleksei, and from her belief that this scruffy self-styled priest was a genuine representative of the Russian people.
		Rasputin predicted his own death in a letter, stating that he would not live beyond January 1 1917; he also predicted the downfall of the royal family within two years, and the destruction of the aristocracy within a generation.
		At the end of December 1916 Rasputin was invited to tea at the house of one of the noble conspirators and was fed cake and wine laced with cyanide.
	www.occultopedia.com /r/rasputin.htm (815 words)

	History House: Rah Rah, Rasputin
		In a bungled assassination attempt, Rasputin manages to survive poison by the bucketful, not to mention a few well-placed bullets.
		Rasputin still preferred to eat peasant-style with his fingers, and his more passionate devotees took pleasure in licking his fingers clean....
		Rasputin fell to the ground with a roar, his blood seeping into the whiteness of the polar bear rug.
	www.historyhouse.com /in_history/rasputin (1529 words)

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