Even within the Russian Orthodox Church, the debate continues: Was Rasputin a charlatan, a holy man, the czarina’s secret lover, Satan himself, or just a simple Siberian peasant? Above all ...

In December, Yusupov invited Rasputin to his palace, where he offered him cyanide-laced cakes and then shot him. Although the czarina was distraught, the czar let Yusupov off lightly, exiling the ...

Grigori Rasputin is one of the most enigmatic historical figures to ever exist. Often referred to as "the mad monk" and categorized as everything from a mystic, faith healer, hypnotist, deviant ...

Gregory Yefimovich Rasputin (1872-1916) was a self-styled faith healer who became the confidant of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra. Like Mr. Putin, under whose watch opposition leader Boris ...

The life of Grigori Rasputin, the Siberian peasant who, through a charismatic combination of spiritual and sexual power, rose to become chief mentor to Alexandra, the last czarina of Russia ...

The movie got a lot of things wrong In the movie, the czarina (queen) of Russia brings in Rasputin to heal his elder son of ...

Yusupov and several other Russian aristocrats were not happy about the influence that Rasputin seemed to have over the Czar, Nicholas II, and, particularly, his wife, the Czarina Alexandra.