Grigori Rasputin, or the Mad Monk of Tobolsk, is now mainly known as ‘Russia’s greatest love machine’ thanks to the hit Boney M song about the mystic. He was brought into the Russian royal ...

For us, a different question is important — why has a movement appeared for this person’s canonization and what are the arguments, both for and against? This discussion is unavoidable in order to ...

Here's who the real-life Rasputin was, and his previous adventures in the Whoniverse. ... Rasputin hadn’t yet had a direct appearance in the TV show, but he has been mentioned before.