Grigori Efimovich Rasputin

Grigori Efimovich Rasputin

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Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Russian: Григорий Ефимович Распутин [ɡrɪˈɡorʲɪj jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪʨ rɐˈspʊtʲɪn]) (22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1869 – 29 December [O.S. 16 December] 1916) was a Russianmystic who is perceived as having influenced the latter days of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, his wifeAlexandra, and their only sonAlexei. Rasputin had often been called the “Mad Monk”,^[1] while others considered him a “strannik” (or religiouspilgrim) and even astarets (ста́рец, “elder”, a title usually reserved for monk-confessors), believing him to be apsychic and faith healer.

 It has been argued^[2] that Rasputin helped to discredit the tsarist government, leading to the fall of the Romanov dynasty, in 1917. Contemporary opinions saw Rasputin variously as a saintly mystic, visionary, healer and prophet or, on the contrary, as a debauched religious charlatan. There has been much uncertainty over Rasputin’s life and influence as accounts of his life have often been based on dubious memoirs, hearsay and legend.

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