Rasputin

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"Legend portrays Rasputin as the 'Mad Monk' who rampaged through St. Petersburg in an alcoholic haze, making love to scores of women. A symbol of excess and religious extremism, he was believed to hold a mysterious power, emanating from his hypnotic eyes, over Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The fact that he was neither mad nor a monk has not stopped scores of writers from repeating these and other bogus claims. In Rasputin: the untold story, Rasputin scholar Joseph Fuhrmann shares the fruits of this two-decade search for the truth about Rasputin through previously closed Soviet archives. The man he discovers is entirely human and even more fascinating than the Svengali-like caricature imagined by millions. This definitive biography unveils the truth behind Gregory Rasputin's storied life, controversial relationships, and much-discussed death. Furhmann unearths previously unknown details from Rasputin's childhood and his early years as a farmer and itinerant preacher to his decade-long relationship with the Romanovs."--Jacket.

subjects: Religion,  Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ,  Court and courtiers,  Healers,  Mystics,  Biography,  History,  Image Processing, Computer-Assisted,  Microscopy,  Rasputin, grigori efimovich, 1869-1916,  Soviet union, court and courtiers,  Soviet union, history, 19th century,  Soviet union, history, 20th century

People: Grigori Efimovich Rasputin (ca. 1870-1916)

Places: Russia

Times: Nicholas II, 1894-1917