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| | Grigori Rasputin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | To Westerners, Rasputin became the embodiment of 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. |
 | | Yet to some Russians, he remained a symbol of the voice of the peasantry, and some (Russians) to this day reject the myths, honoring the man. However, the Moscow Patriarchate has condemned the fledgling movement seeking canonization of Rasputin. |
 | | In reference to Rasputin's promiscuity, His Holiness Alexei II said in a statement in 2003: "This is madness! |
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