­ Brief biography of Grigory Rasputin

Grigory Rasputin - a peasant from the village of Pokrovskoye, Tobolsk province, who gained world fame as a "tsar's friend"; an ambiguous personality in national history; a close friend of the last reigning family of the Romanov dynasty. In certain circles he had a reputation as an old healer and seer. The wife of Nicholas II entrusted him with the treatment of their youngest son, Tsarevich Alexei, who suffers from hemophilia. Rasputin was born on January 9 (21), 1869 in the family of an ordinary coachman. He received his name in honor of St. Gregory of Nyssa.

In his youth, he was sick a lot, and then turned to religion. In 1893, he set out to wander the holy places. During this period, he visited the Verkhoturye Monastery, Mount Athos, Jerusalem; met monks and healers, gained experience. However, there is an opinion that under the guise of religiosity, he led a wild life. No one still knows if he had a real surname or pseudonym. By 1902, he was already everywhere accepted as a "holy" elder and a Siberian "prophet." Entering into the confidence of Alexandra Feodorovna, he managed to convince her that Alexei can only be treated with prayers. At the same time, he promised to provide "divine" support to Nicholas II.

In the capital city, any doors opened before him. Everywhere the "experienced wanderer" was accepted as a "royal friend." It was known that Nicholas II could talk for hours with the seer and even entrusted some state affairs. In the imperial family, he was called none other than "God's man." Gradually, he became objectionable to some conspiratorial circles. Accusations of witchcraft, drunkenness, depravity, whiplash, etc. rained down on him. When this failed, more efficient methods were taken. Because of such accusations, the seer was forced to leave Petersburg for a while.

In 1914 there was absolutely the first attempt on Rasputin. Despite being unsuccessful, it nevertheless shook his health. The healer was seriously wounded in the village of Pokrovsky, after which he was forced to be treated in Tyumen. In the same period, Nicholas II decided on war and announced mobilization. The conspirators, meanwhile, did not doze off. Prince Yusupov, State Councilor V. Purishkevich, Prince Dmitry Pavlovich, British intelligence agent O. Rainer were involved in the “anti-Rasputin” case. They managed to complete their plans at the end of 1916.

Grigory was invited by Yusupov to visit with a request to provide healer assistance to his beautiful wife. During the reception, he was treated to poisoned food and drinks. But even this could not kill Rasputin, then the conspirators shot him and threw his body into the icy waters of the Neva. After 2.5 months, Nicholas II was overthrown by the new Provisional Government, so the case of the death of the "tsar's friend" remained uninvestigated.

Grigory Rasputin is a well-known and controversial personality in Russian history, disputes about which have been going on for a century. His life is filled with a mass of inexplicable events and facts related to proximity to the emperor's family and influence on the fate of the Russian Empire. Some historians consider him an immoral charlatan and swindler, while others are sure that Rasputin was a real seer and healer, which allowed him to gain influence on the royal family.

Rasputin Grigory Efimovich was born on January 21, 1869 in the family of a simple peasant Efim Yakovlevich and Anna Vasilievna, who lived in the village of Pokrovskoye, Tobolsk province. The day after the birth, the boy was baptized in the church with the name Gregory, which means "wakeful."

Grisha became the fourth and only surviving child of his parents - his older brothers and sisters died in infancy due to poor health. At the same time, he was also weak from birth, so he could not play enough with his peers, which became the reason for his isolation and craving for solitude. It was in early childhood that Rasputin felt attached to God and religion.

At the same time, he tried to help his father graze cattle, go to carts, harvest crops and participate in any agricultural work. There was no school in the Pokrovsky village, so Grigory grew up illiterate, like all his fellow villagers, but he stood out among others for his morbidity, for which he was considered flawed.

At the age of 14, Rasputin became seriously ill and was almost dying, but suddenly his condition began to improve, which, according to him, happened thanks to the Mother of God, who healed him. From that moment, Gregory began to deeply cognize the Gospel and, not even knowing how to read, was able to memorize the texts of prayers. At that time, the gift of clairvoyance woke up in the peasant son, which subsequently prepared for him a dramatic fate.

At the age of 18, Grigory Rasputin made his first pilgrimage to the Verkhoturye Monastery, but decided not to take a monastic vow, but to continue wandering around the holy places of the world, reaching the Greek Mount Athos and Jerusalem. Then he managed to make contacts with many monks, wanderers and representatives of the clergy, which in the future historians associated with the political meaning of his activities.

royal family

The biography of Grigory Rasputin changed its direction in 1903, when he arrived in St. Petersburg, and the palace doors opened before him. At the very beginning of his arrival in the capital of the Russian Empire, the “experienced wanderer” did not even have a means of subsistence, so he turned to the rector of the theological academy, Bishop Sergius, for help. He introduced him to the confessor of the royal family, Archbishop Feofan, who had already heard by that time about the prophetic gift of Rasputin, legends about which circulated throughout the country.

Grigory Efimovich met Emperor Nicholas II at a difficult time for Russia. Then the country was seized by political strikes, revolutionary movements aimed at overthrowing the tsarist government. It was during that period that a simple Siberian peasant managed to make a powerful impression on the tsar, which made Nicholas II want to talk for hours with a wanderer-seer.

Thus, the "elder" gained tremendous influence on the imperial family, in particular, on. Historians are sure that Rasputin's rapprochement with the imperial family was due to the help of Grigory in the treatment of his son and heir to the throne, Alexei, who was ill with hemophilia, before which traditional medicine was powerless in those days.

There is a version that Grigory Rasputin was not only a healer for the king, but also the main adviser, as he had the gift of clairvoyance. The “man of God,” as the peasant was called in the royal family, knew how to look into the souls of people, to reveal to Emperor Nicholas all the thoughts of the closest tsar’s associates, who received high posts at the Court only after agreement with Rasputin.

In addition, Grigory Efimovich participated in all state affairs, trying to protect Russia from a world war, which, in his opinion, would bring incalculable suffering to the people, general discontent and revolution. This was not part of the plans of the warmongers of the world war, who plotted against the seer, aimed at eliminating Rasputin.

Conspiracy and murder

Before committing the murder of Grigory Rasputin, the opponents tried to destroy him spiritually. He was accused of whipping, witchcraft, drunkenness, depraved behavior. But Nicholas II did not want to take into account any arguments, since he firmly believed the elder and continued to discuss all state secrets with him.

Therefore, in 1914, an “anti-Rasputin” conspiracy arose, initiated by the prince, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich Jr., who later became commander-in-chief of all the military forces of the Russian Empire during the First World War, and Vladimir Purishkevich, who at that time was a real state councilor.

From the first time, it was not possible to kill Grigory Rasputin - he was seriously wounded in the village of Pokrovsky by Khionia Guseva. During that period, while he was on the verge between life and death, Nicholas II decided to participate in the war and announced mobilization. At the same time, he continued to consult with the recovering seer about the correctness of his military actions, which again was not included in the plans of the royal ill-wishers.

Therefore, it was decided to bring the plot against Rasputin to an end. On December 29 (according to the new style), 1916, the elder was invited to the Palace of Prince Yusupov to meet with the famous beauty, the prince's wife Irina, who needed the healer's help from Grigory Efimovich. There he was treated to food and drinks poisoned with poison, but potassium cyanide did not kill Rasputin, which forced the conspirators to shoot him.

After several shots in the back, the old man continued to fight for his life and was even able to run out into the street, trying to hide from the killers. After a short chase, accompanied by shooting, the healer fell to the ground and was severely beaten by his pursuers. Then the exhausted and beaten old man was tied up and thrown from the Petrovsky bridge into the Neva. According to historians, once in the icy water, Rasputin died only a few hours later.

Nicholas II entrusted the investigation into the murder of Grigory Rasputin to the director of the Police Department Alexei Vasilyev, who went on the trail of the healer's killers. 2.5 months after the death of the elder, Emperor Nicholas II was deposed from the throne, and the head of the new Provisional Government ordered that the investigation into the Rasputin case be hastily terminated.

Personal life

The personal life of Grigory Rasputin is as mysterious as his fate. It is known that back in 1900, during a pilgrimage to the holy places of the world, he married a peasant pilgrim like him, Praskovya Dubrovina, who became his only life partner. Three children were born in the Rasputin family - Matryona, Varvara and Dmitry.

After the assassination of Grigory Rasputin, the elder's wife and children were subjected to repression by the Soviet authorities. They were considered “malicious elements” in the country, therefore, in the 1930s, the entire peasant economy and the house of Rasputin’s son were nationalized, and the healer’s relatives were arrested by the NKVD and deported to special settlements in the North, after which their trace was completely lost. Only her daughter managed to escape from the hands of Soviet power, who emigrated to France after the revolution, and then moved to the USA.

Predictions of Grigory Rasputin

Despite the fact that the Soviet authorities considered the elder a charlatan, the predictions of Grigory Rasputin, left by him on 11 pages, were carefully hidden from the public after his death. In his "testament" to Nicholas II, the seer pointed to the commission of several revolutionary coups in the country and warned the tsar about the murder of the entire imperial family on the "order" of the new authorities.

Rasputin also predicted the creation of the USSR and its inevitable collapse. The elder predicted that Russia would defeat Germany in World War II and become a great power. At the same time, he foresaw terrorism at the beginning of the 21st century, which would begin to flourish in the West.

In his predictions, Grigory Efimovich did not ignore the problems of Islam, clearly pointing out that in a number of countries Islamic fundamentalism is being formed, which in the modern world is called Wahhabism. Rasputin argued that at the end of the first decade of the 21st century, power in the East, namely in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, would be seized by Islamic fundamentalists who would declare "jihad" to the United States.

After that, according to Rasputin's predictions, a serious military conflict will arise, which will last 7 years and become the last in the history of mankind. True, Rasputin predicted during this conflict one big battle, during which no less than a million people would die on both sides.

To the 97th anniversary of the assassination of the Tsar's Friend...

Grigory Efimovich Rasputin-New was born on January 9 (21), 1869 in the village of Pokrovsky in the family of a peasant Efim Yakovlevich Rasputin (12/24/1841-autumn 1916) and Anna Vasilievna, nee Parshukova (1839 / 40-01/30/1906). It was an ordinary, unremarkable family among several dozen other families in the settlement of Pokrovskaya. It must be said that the ancestors of Grigory Efimovich settled here from the middle of the 17th century. and were already indigenous Siberians. By that time, Gregory was already the fifth child in this family. After the marriage of his parents, which took place on January 21, 1862, the following were born in succession:

Evdokia (11.02.1863-26.06.1863)
Evdokia (??.08.1864-until 1887)
Glyceria (05/08/1866-until 1887)
Andrei (08/14/1867-December 1867)
Grigory (01/09/1869-12/17/1916)
Andrei (11/25/1871-until 1887)
Tikhon (06/16/1874-06/17/1874)
Agrippina (06/16/1874-06/21/1874)
Feodosia (05/25/1875-after 1900)
Anna (?-?)
another baby (?-?)

Efim Yakovlevich Rasputin. 1914

As you can see, out of nine children born, only two survived to adolescence - Grigory himself and his sister Theodosia. The latter married a peasant, Daniil Pavlovich Orlov, from the village of Kosmakov. There were children in this marriage, whose godfather was Grigory Efimovich.

G. E. Rasputin with his sister Theodosia

Grigory Efimovich himself married at the age of eighteen a peasant woman Paraskeva Fedorovna Dubrovina (1866-1930). The wedding was on February 2, 1887, and a year and a half later they had their first child. In total, Grigory Efimovich and Paraskeva Feodorovna had seven children:

Mikhail (09/29/1888-04/16/1893)
Anna (01/29/1892-05/03/1896)
George (25.05.1894-13.09.1894)
Dmitry (10/25/1895-12/16/1933)
Matryona (aka Maria) (03/26/1898-09/27/1977)
Varvara (28.11.1900-1925)
Paraskeva (10/11/1903-12/20/1903)

Grigory with his wife Paraskeva Fedorovna

Children: Matryona, Varvara (in the arms of her father) and Dmitry

After approaching Gr. Rasputin with the Royal Family, daughters Matryona and Varvara moved first to Kazan, and then to St. Petersburg, where they studied at school. The son, Dmitry, remained on the farm in Pokrovsky.

Matryona and Varvara in St. Petersburg

After the revolution, the fate of those children who remain in Russia will be rather sad.

Varvara will never marry anyone, and after all the ordeals she will die in Moscow in 1925 from typhus and tuberculosis.

Barbara after the revolution

Dmitry on February 21, 1918 marries Feoktista Ivanovna Pecherkina (1897/98-09/05/1933). Until 1930, he lived with his wife and mother in Pokrovsky, and then the order came and they were dispossessed of kulaks and sent into exile in Obdorsk (Salekhard). On the way, the widow of Grigory Efimovich dies, three years later Feoktista Ivanovna dies of tuberculosis, and after her, three months later, Dmitry himself dies of dysentery. After that, there are no direct descendants of Grigory Efimovich Rasputin in Russia.

Family of Grigory Rasputin in 1927.
From left to right: son Dmitry Grigorievich, widow Paraskeva Fedorovna,
Elizaveta Ivanovna Pecherkina (worker in the house and relative of Dmitry's wife),
wife of Dmitry Feoktista Ivanovna

The fate of Matryona was different. The people's blogger of Russia recently told about this story sadalskij DAUGHTER OF RASPUTIN. It remains to add only a few touches.

In September 1917, she marries Boris Nikolaevich Solovyov (1893-1926), the son of a close friend of G. E. Rasputin, an official of the Holy Synod Nikolai Vasilyevich Solovyov (1863-1916). In 1920, their daughter Tatyana (1920-2009) was born, and two years later, already in exile, the second daughter, Maria (03/13/1922-04/19/1976).

The first husband of the daughter of Gr. Rasputin Matryona Boris Nikolaevich Solovyov

After the death of her husband, Matryona toured the world with a circus, until in the late 1930s. does not permanently move to the United States.

Matryona performs at the circus

Here she marries for the second time, for a Russian emigrant, a certain Grigory Grigorievich Bernadsky, whom she knew back in Russia. The marriage lasted from February 1940 to 1945.

Matryona Rasputina with her second husband Grigory Bernadsky in 1940

Matrena (right) with her friend Pat Barham (left) and famous
American actress Phyllis Diller (center). 1970s

Two granddaughters Gr. Rasputin completely settled abroad and both got married.

In Verkhoturye in 1909.
From left to right: Hieromonk Ioanniky (Malkov), Bishop Feofan (Bystrov),
monk Macarius (Polikarpov), Grigory Efimovich Rasputin-New

Tatyana Borisovna (presumably her last name in marriage was Frerjean) gave birth to three children: Serge (b. 07/29/1939), Michel (b. 08/06/1942) and Laurens (b. 11/30/1943). Her last daughter - Laurence Io-Soloviev - repeatedly visited Russia, including the village of Pokrovskoye. Serge has children: Valerie (b. 1963) and Alexandra (b. 1968); Basil was born to Valerie in 1992. Michel had a son, Jean-Francois (1968-1985). Laurence herself has two children: Maude (b. 1967) and Carol (b. 1966).

Matryona Rasputin-Soloviev with her daughters Tatyana and Maria in 1928

Great granddaughter Gr. Rasputin Laurence Io-Soloviev

Maria Borisovna married the Dutch diplomat Gideon Walrave Boissevain (1897-1985), from whom she gave birth to a son, Serge (07/10/1947-01/03/2011) and had two granddaughters: Katya (b. 1970) and Embre (b. 1978). Interestingly, being in Greece with her husband in the late 1940s. Maria met and became friends with the daughter of Felix Yusupov, Irina (1915-1983), and their children, Serge and Ksenia (b. 1942), played children's games together.

Maria Borisovna Solovieva (married Boissevain)

Portrait of G. E. Rasputin by the artist Theodora Krarup.
Finished four days before the assassination - December 13, 1916

Group about Grigory Efimovich Rasputin VKontakte.

Grigory Rasputin

On December 30, 1916, Grigory Rasputin, a native of the peasantry, a family friend of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, was brutally murdered in St. Petersburg.

Among the numerous names of Russian prophets and clairvoyants, there is hardly one that would be so widely known in our country and abroad as the name Grigory Rasputin. And it is unlikely that another name from this series will be found, around which an equally dense network of mysteries and legends would be woven.

Grigory Efimovich Rasputin

At the end of the 20th century, many secrets of Russian history were revealed to us, however, most of them belong to the so-called Soviet period. But the eve of this period, and Rasputin's life, as you know, ended at the very end of 1916, today appears before us more and more clearly. And, of course, without the personality of Grigory Rasputin, without revealing the true essence of his prophecies and visionary gift, the picture of that relatively recent era will be incomplete. Documents, their careful analysis, comparison of a variety of evidence and other sources make it possible to dispel the fog that hides the image of Rasputin from us.
In the middle of the 19th century, a peasant from the village of Pokrovsky, Tobolsk province, Efim Yakovlevich Rasputin, at the age of twenty, married a twenty-two-year-old girl Anna Vasilievna Parshikova. The wife repeatedly gave birth to daughters, but they died. The first boy, Andrei, also died. From the village census for 1897, it is known that on January 10, 1869 (the day of Gregory of Nyssa according to the Julian calendar), her second son was born, named after the calendar saint.

In the metric book of the Pokrovskaya Sloboda, in the first part “On those born”, it is written: “The son Grigory was born to Efim Yakovlevich Rasputin and his wife Anna Vasilievna of the Orthodox faith.” He was baptized on January 10th. The godparents were Uncle Matthew Yakovlevich Rasputin and the maiden Agafya Ivanovna Alemasova. The baby received the name according to the existing tradition of naming the child by the name of the saint on whose day he was born or baptized. The day of the baptism of Grigory Rasputin is January 10, the day of the celebration of the memory of St. Gregory of Nyssa.

However, the parish registers of the village church were not preserved, and in the future Rasputin always gave different dates of his birth, hiding his real age, so the exact day and year of Rasputin's birth is still unknown.

Rasputin's father at first drank a lot, but then he took up his mind and acquired a household.

According to the stories of fellow villagers, he was a smart and competent man: he had an eight-room hut, twelve cows, eight horses, and was engaged in private carriage. In general, did not live in poverty. Yes, and the village of Pokrovskoye itself was considered in the county and in the province - relative to neighboring villages - a rich village, since Siberians did not know the poverty of European Russia, did not know serfdom and were distinguished by self-esteem and independence.

In winter, he worked as a coachman, in the summer he plowed the land, fished and unloaded barges.

Little information has been preserved about Rasputin's mother. She died when Gregory was not even eighteen years old. After her death, Rasputin said that she often appears to him in a dream and calls to her, foreshadowing that he will die before he reaches her age. She died barely over the age of fifty, while Rasputin died at the age of forty-seven.

Young Gregory was frail and dreamy, but this did not last long - having barely matured, he began to fight with his peers and parents, to walk (once he managed to drink a cart with hay and horses at the fair, after which he walked home eighty miles on foot). Fellow villagers recalled that already in his youth he had powerful sexual magnetism. Grishka was found more than once with girls and beaten.

Soon Rasputin began to steal, for which he was almost exiled to Eastern Siberia. Once he was beaten for another theft - so much so that Grishka, according to the villagers, became "strange and stupid." Rasputin himself claimed that after being struck with a stake in the chest, he was on the verge of death and experienced "the joy of suffering." The injury did not pass without a trace - Rasputin stopped drinking and smoking.

Nineteen years old Grigory Rasputin married Praskovya Dubrovina, a fair-haired and black-eyed girl from a neighboring village. She was four years older than her husband, but their marriage, despite the adventurous life of Gregory, turned out to be happy. Rasputin constantly took care of his wife and children - two daughters and a son.

However, worldly passions and vices were not alien to Gregory either. According to fellow villagers (who, however, must be treated very carefully), Grigory's nature was violently reckless: along with charitable deeds, he drove horses while drunk, liked to fight, used foul language, in a word, his marriage did not settle down. “Grishka the thief” was called behind his back. “Stealing hay, taking other people's firewood away was his business. He was very brawling and reveling ... How many times they beat him: they pushed him in the neck, like an annoying drunkard, cursing with choice words.

Moving from peasant labor to peasant revelry, Grigory lived in his native Pokrovsky until the age of twenty-eight, until an inner voice called him to another life, to the life of a wanderer. In 1892, Grigory went to the county town of Verkhotursk (Perm province), to the Nikolaevsky Monastery, where the relics of St. Simeon of Verkhoturye were kept, pilgrims from all over Russia came to bow to them.

Rasputin considered himself to be one of those people who in Russia have long been called "old men", "wanderers". This is a purely Russian phenomenon, and its source is in the tragic history of the Russian people.
Hunger, cold, pestilence, cruelty of the tsarist official are the eternal companions of the Russian peasant. Where, from whom to expect consolation? Only from those on whom even the omnipotent power, not recognizing their own laws, did not dare to raise a hand - from people not of this world, from wanderers, holy fools and clairvoyants. In the popular mind, these are God's people.
In suffering, in great torment, the country emerging from the Middle Ages, not knowing what lay ahead of it, superstitiously looked at these amazing people - wanderers, kalik passers-by, who were not afraid of anything and no one, who dared to speak the truth loudly. Often wanderers were called elders, although according to the then concepts, even a thirty-year-old person could sometimes be considered an old man.

Rasputin with his countryman and friend Mikhail Pecherkin went to Athos, and from there to Jerusalem. They traveled most of the way on foot, enduring many hardships. But suffering, spiritual and physical, paid off a hundredfold when they saw with their own eyes the Garden of Gethsemane, the Mount of Olives (Oleon), the Holy Sepulcher, and Bethlehem.

Holy Sepulcher
Returning to Russia, Rasputin continued to wander. I was in Kyiv, Trinity-Sergiev, on Solovki, in Valaam, Sarov, Pochaev, in Optina Pustyn, in the Nil, the Holy Mountains, that is, in all places, somehow famous for their holiness.

Optina Pustyn

The family laughed at him. He did not eat meat and sweets, heard different voices, walked from Siberia to St. Petersburg and back, ate alms. In the spring, he had exacerbations - he did not sleep for many days in a row, sang songs, shook his fists at Satan and ran through the frost in one shirt.

His prophecies were calls to repentance "before trouble comes." Sometimes, by sheer coincidence, misfortune happened the very next day (huts burned, cattle got sick, people died) - and the peasants began to believe that the blessed peasant had the gift of foresight. He got followers.

At the age of 33, Grigory begins to storm Petersburg. Having enlisted the recommendations of provincial priests, he settled with the rector of the Theological Academy, Bishop Sergius, the future Stalinist patriarch.

Patriarch Sergius

He, impressed by the exotic character, represents the “old man” (many years of wandering on foot gave the young Rasputin the appearance of an old man) to the powers that be. Thus began the path of the "man of God" to glory.

The first loud prophecy of Rasputin was the prediction of the death of our ships at Tsushima. Perhaps he took this from the newspaper news, which reported that a squadron of old ships went out to meet the modern Japanese fleet without respecting secrecy.

Russian squadron in the battle of Tsushima

He dissuaded weak-willed monarchs from escaping to England (they are said to have already packed their things), which, most likely, would have saved them from death and would have directed the history of Russia in a different direction. The next time he presented the Romanovs with a miraculous icon (found from them after the execution), then he allegedly healed Tsarevich Alexei, who was ill with hemophilia, and eased the pain of Stolypin's daughter, who was wounded by terrorists.

Rasputin and Tsarevich Alexei

The shaggy man forever took possession of the hearts and minds of the august couple. The emperor personally arranges for Gregory to change the dissonant surname to "New" (which, however, did not take root). Soon Rasputin-Novykh acquires another lever of influence at court - the young lady-in-waiting Anna Vyrubova (a close friend of the queen) who idolizes the "old man".

Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova

He becomes the confessor of the Romanovs and comes to the tsar at any time without making an appointment for an audience. At court, Gregory was always "in character", but outside the political scene he was completely transformed. Having bought himself a new house in Pokrovsky, he took noble St. Petersburg admirers there. There, the "old man" put on expensive clothes, became smug, gossiped about the king and nobles.

Rasputin's house in Pokrovsky

Every day he showed the queen (whom he called "mother") miracles: he predicted the weather or the exact time of the king's return home. It was then that Rasputin made his most famous prediction: "As long as I live, the dynasty will live." The growing power of Rasputin did not suit the court.

house on st. Gorokhovaya where Rsputin lived

Cases were initiated against him, but every time the “elder” very successfully left the capital, going either home to Pokrovskoye, or on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In 1911, the Synod spoke against Rasputin. Bishop Germogen (who expelled a certain Iosif Dzhugashvili from the seminary ten years ago) tried to drive the devil out of Gregory and publicly beat him on the head with a cross.

Rasputin was put under police surveillance, which did not stop until his death. Rasputin learned to read and write only in St. Petersburg. He left behind only short notes filled with terrible scribbles. Rasputin did not save money, now starving, then throwing it to the right and left. He seriously influenced the country's foreign policy, twice persuading Nicholas not to start a war in the Balkans (inspiring the tsar that the Germans were a dangerous force, and the "brothers", that is, the Slavs, were pigs).

When World War I nevertheless began, Rasputin expressed a desire to come to the front to bless the soldiers. The commander of the troops, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich, promised to hang him on the nearest tree.

In response, Rasputin gave birth to another prophecy that Russia would not win the war until the autocrat (who had a military education, but showed himself to be a mediocre strategist) stood at the head of the army. The king, of course, led the army. With historical consequences. Politicians actively criticized the queen - the "German spy", not forgetting about Rasputin.

It was then that the image of the "grey eminence" was created, solving all state issues, although in fact Rasputin's power was far from absolute. German zeppelins scattered leaflets over the trenches, where the Kaiser relied on the people, and Nicholas II on Rasputin's genitals.

The priests were not far behind either. It was announced that the murder of Grishka is a boon for which "forty sins will be removed."

On July 29, 1914, the mentally ill Khionia Guseva stabbed Rasputin in the stomach, shouting: "I killed the Antichrist!" The wound was fatal, but Rasputin pulled himself out. According to his daughter's recollections, since then he has changed - he began to get tired quickly and took opium for pain.

Murder of Rasputin

Grigory Efimovich Rasputin

An important role in the rapid rise of Grigory Efimovich was played by his gift as a healer. Tsarevich Alexei suffered from hemophilia. His blood did not clot, and any small cut could end fatally. Rasputin also had the ability to stop the blood. He sat down near the wounded heir to the throne, quietly whispered some words, and the wound stopped bleeding. Doctors could not do anything of the kind, and therefore the elder became an indispensable person for the royal family.

However, the rise of a newcomer caused a feeling of discontent among many noble people. This was largely facilitated by the behavior of Grigory Efimovich himself. He led a dissolute life (according to his surname) and radically influenced decisions that were crucial for Russia. That is, the elder was not distinguished by modesty and did not want to be content with the role of a court physician. Thus, he himself signed the sentence for himself, which is known to everyone as the murder of Rasputin.

conspirators

At the end of 1916, a conspiracy arose against the royal favorite. The number of conspirators included influential and noble people. These were: Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich Romanov (cousin of the emperor), Prince Yusupov Felix Feliksovich, deputy of the State Duma Purishkevich Vladimir Mitrofanovich, as well as Lieutenant of the Preobrazhensky Regiment Sergei Mikhailovich Sukhotin and military doctor Stanislav Sergeevich Lazovert.

F.F. Yusupov

Prince Yusupov with his wife Irina
It was in the house of the Yusupovs that the murder of Rasputin was committed.

There is also an opinion that British intelligence officer Oswald Reiner was a member of the conspiracy. Already in the 21st century, at the suggestion of the BBC, the opinion arose that the plot was organized by the British. Allegedly, they were afraid that the elder would persuade the emperor to make peace with Germany. In this case, the entire power of the German machine would have fallen on Foggy Albion.

Oswald Reiner

As the BBC broadcast, Oswald Rainer knew Prince Yusupov from childhood. They had good friendships. Therefore, the Briton easily persuaded the high-society nobleman to organize a conspiracy. At the same time, an English intelligence officer was present at the murder of the royal favorite and even, allegedly, made a control shot in his head. All this bears little resemblance to the truth, if only because none of the conspirators subsequently mentioned in a single word about the involvement of the British in the conspiracy. And there was no such thing as a "control shot" at all.

Dmitry Pavlovich Romanov

Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich Romanov (left)
and Purishkevich Vladimir Mitrofanovich

In addition, you need to take into account the mentality of people who lived 100 years ago. The murder of the almighty old man was considered the work of the Russian people. Prince Yusupov, out of noble motives, would never have allowed his English friend to be present at the execution of the royal favorite. In any case, it was a criminal offense, and, therefore, punishment could follow. And the prince could not allow this in relation to a citizen of another country.

Thus, we can conclude that there were only 5 conspirators, and all of them were Russian people. A noble desire burned in their souls to save the royal family and Russia from the machinations of ill-wishers. Grigory Efimovich was considered the culprit of all evils. The conspirators naively believed that by killing the old man, they would change the inevitable course of history. However, time has shown that these people were deeply mistaken.

Chronology of Rasputin's assassination

The murder of Rasputin took place on the night of December 17, 1916. The scene of the crime was the house of the Yusupov princes in St. Petersburg on the Moika.

It has a basement room. They put chairs, a table, and hoisted a samovar on it. Cakes, macaroons and chocolate biscuits were placed on plates. A large dose of potassium cyanide was added to each of them. A tray with bottles of wine and glasses was placed nearby on a separate table. They kindled a fireplace, threw a bearskin on the floor and went after the victim.

Prince Yusupov went for Grigory Efimovich, and the doctor Lazovert was driving the car. The reason for the visit was far-fetched. Allegedly, Felix's wife Irina wanted to meet the elder. The prince phoned him beforehand and arranged a meeting. Therefore, when the car arrived at Gorokhovaya Street, where the favorite of the royal family lived, Felix was already waiting.

Rasputin, dressed in a luxurious fur coat, left the house and got into the car. He immediately set off, and after midnight the trinity returned to the Moika to the Yusupovs' house. The remaining conspirators gathered in a room on the 2nd floor. They turned on the lights everywhere, turned on the gramophone and pretended to be a noisy merry company.

V.M. Purishkevich, Lieutenant S.M. Sukhotin, F.F. Yusupov

Felix explained to the old man that his wife had guests. They should leave soon, but for now you can wait in the lower room. At the same time, the prince apologized, referring to his parents. They could not stand the royal favorite. The elder knew about this, so he was not at all surprised when he found himself in a basement that looked like a casemate.

Here the guest was offered to eat sweets standing on the table. Grigory Efimovich loved cakes, so he ate them with pleasure. But nothing happened. Potassium cyanide, for unknown reasons, had no effect on the body of the old man. As if he was protected by supernatural powers.

Grigory Efimovich at home

After the cakes, the guest drank Madeira and began to show impatience at the absence of Irina. Yusupov expressed a desire to go upstairs and find out when the guests would finally leave. He left the basement and went up to the conspirators, who were looking forward to the good news. But Felix disappointed them and plunged them into a state of bewilderment.

However, the execution had to be carried out, so the noble prince took the Browning and returned to the basement room. Entering the room, he immediately fired at Rasputin, who was sitting at the table. He slumped from his chair to the floor and fell silent. The rest of the conspirators appeared and carefully examined the elder. Grigory Efimovich was not killed, but a bullet that hit his chest wounded him mortally.

Having enjoyed the sight of the agonizing body, the whole company left the room, putting out the light in it and closing the door. After some time, Prince Yusupov went downstairs to check if the elder had already died. He went into the basement, went up to Grigory Efimovich, who was lying motionless. The body was still warm, but there was no doubt that the soul had already separated from it.

Felix was about to call the others to load the dead man into the car and take him out of the house. Suddenly the old man's eyelids fluttered and opened. Rasputin stared at his killer with a piercing gaze.

Then the incredible happened. The elder jumped to his feet, screamed wildly and dug his fingers into Yusupov's throat. He choked and incessantly repeated the name of the prince. He fell into indescribable horror and tried to free himself. The fight began. Finally, the prince managed to escape from the tenacious embrace of Grigory Efimovich. He then fell to the floor. In his hand was the shoulder strap from the prince's military uniform.

Felix ran out of the room and rushed upstairs for help. The conspirators rushed down and saw an old man running towards the exit from the house. The front door was locked, but the mortally wounded man pushed it with his hand, and it opened. Rasputin found himself in the yard and ran across the snow to the gate. If he found himself on the street, then for the conspirators it would mean the end.

Purishkevich rushed after the fleeing. He shot him in the back once, then a second, but missed. It should be noted that Vladimir Mitrofanovich was considered an excellent shooter. From a hundred steps he hit a silver ruble, but here he could not hit a wide back from 30. The elder was already near the gate when Purishkevich took careful aim and fired a third time. The bullet finally hit its target. She hit Grigory Efimovich in the neck, and he stopped. Then the 4th shot was fired. A piece of red-hot lead pierced the head of the old man, and the mortally wounded man collapsed to the ground.

The conspirators ran up to the body and hurriedly carried it into the house. However, loud gunshots in the night attracted the police. A policeman arrived at the house to find out their cause. He was told that Rasputin had been shot at, and the guardian of the law retreated without taking any measures.

After that, the body of the old man was placed in a closed car. But the fatally wounded man still showed signs of life. He was wheezing, and the pupil of his open left eye was rolling.

Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, Dr. Lazovert and Lieutenant Sukhotin got into the car. They took the body to Malaya Nevka and threw it into the hole. With this, the long and painful murder of Rasputin ended.

Conclusion

When the investigating authorities removed the corpse from the Neva 3 days later, an autopsy showed that the elder lived under water for another 7 minutes.

The amazing vitality of the body of Grigory Efimovich even today inspires superstitious horror in the souls of people.

Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna ordered to bury the murdered man in the far corner of the park in Tsarskoye Selo. An order was also given to build a mausoleum. A wooden chapel was erected next to the temporary grave. Members of the royal family visited there every week and prayed for the soul of the innocently murdered martyr.

After the February Revolution of 1917, the corpse of Grigory Efimovich was removed from the grave, taken to the Polytechnic Institute and burned in the furnace of his boiler room.

the boiler room where Rasputin's body was cremated

As for the fate of the conspirators, they became extremely popular among the people. However, murderers at all times were punished regardless of motives and motivations.

Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich was sent to the troops of General Baratov. They performed an allied duty in Persia. By the way, this saved the life of a member of the Romanov dynasty. When the revolution broke out in Russia, the Grand Duke was not in Petrograd.

Felix Yusupov was exiled to one of his estates. In 1918, the prince left Russia with his wife Irina. At the same time, from the entire huge state, he took the crumbs. These are jewelry and paintings. Their total cost was estimated at several hundred thousand royal rubles. Everything else was looted and plundered by the insurgent people.

As for Purishkevich, Lazovert and Sukhotin, all charges against them were dropped. Here the February Revolution played its role, and the personality of the person they killed. Undoubtedly, only one thing - this murder greatly increased their authority and prestige.

The murder of Rasputin at all times caused a lot of assumptions, conjectures and hypotheses. There are many dark spots in this case. Of particular bewilderment is the astonishing vitality of the old man. He could not take potassium cyanide and bullets. All this gives the crime a mystical component. This is quite possible, given the fact that materialism has long ceased to be the fundamental doctrine that denies everything unusual and supernatural that lives side by side with us.

The article was written by Vladimir Chernov

His magnetism, his supernatural power of suggestion, changed the course of history and was said to have been the cause of many misfortunes that befell the Russian empire.
The murder that took place in December 1916 in the Yusupov Palace was inevitable, but belated, from the point of view of many left, right, liberal and conservative groups. Although Grigory Efimovich himself had been warned for a long time and repeatedly about the inevitable tragic end. 1905
. A year - the clairvoyant Louis Jamon predicted to Grigory Rasputin that he would die from a bullet and poison, and the icy waters of the Neva would become his grave. But the old man did not listen.
A small group of conspirators gathered to commit the murder. It included Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, a relative of the Romanovs, Prince Felix Yusupov, a deputy from the right Purishkevich and Lieutenant Sukhotin. It was they who decided that Rasputin should be killed with poison, choosing it as the most suitable means to hide the traces of the murder. But things didn't go the way the killers had hoped.
In order not to retell the events associated with the murder of Rasputin, one should only dwell on one fact: in the memoirs it was described many times that the conspirators wanted to use poison - a means, although not for the brave, but, from the point of view of the participants, true. The famous writer Radzinsky does not agree that the poison was used, and generally gives his personal version of the murder, moreover, the emphasis is on the fact that, in his opinion, Rasputin did not like and did not eat sweets. In general, the further events recede into the past, the more implausible and fantastic versions appear. So, in 1981, the book "Intimate and Sexual Lives of Famous People" by Irving Wallis, Sylvia Wallis, Emmy Wallis and David Walechinsky was published in England. It also writes about Grigory Rasputin. Let us cite only one passage from that creation, testifying to the "Scientific" approach of the authors, here is what they wrote: "when Rasputin began to lose consciousness from the poison beginning to act, Yusupov first raped him, and then shot him four times with a pistol. Rasputin fell on sex, but was alive. Grigory Rasputin was then castrated. His severed penis was later found by a servant."
However, if we follow the generally accepted picture of the murder, which was recorded in documents and memoirs, then the poison was still used, and the murder scene was less phantasmagoric than in the fabrications of authors from England. For example, the French ambassador in St. Petersburg, Maurice Paleolog, in his memoirs of Rasputin writes: “between the chairs in which Yusupov and his guest were lounging, a round table was placed in advance, on which they placed two plates of cakes with cream, a bottle of Madeira and tray with six glasses.
The cakes placed near the old man were poisoned with potassium cyanide, delivered by the doctor of the Obukhov hospital, an acquaintance of Prince Felix. Each of the three glasses next to these cakes contained three decigrams of potassium cyanide, dissolved in a few drops of water; however weak this dose may seem, it is nevertheless enormous, because even a dose of four centigrams is lethal....
Suddenly, the "Old Man" drinks his glass. And, clicking his tongue, he says:
- You have a noble Madeira. I would drink more.
Mechanically, Yusupov filled not the glass extended by the old man, but two other glasses with potassium cyanide.
Grigory grabs and drinks the glass in one go. Yusupov is waiting for the victim to faint.
But for some reason the poison had no effect.
Third glass. All no action."
And here is what Prince Yusupov himself wrote in his memoirs: "I managed to throw the glass from which Rasputin drank on the floor, it broke. Taking advantage of this, I poured Madeira into a glass of potassium cyanide."
The only reaction of the elder to the poisoning attempt, described by the paleologist, is as follows: "But Rasputin hardly listens to him; he walks back and forth, panting and burping. Potassium cyanide works." Yusupov described the effect of poison on an old man who drank poisoned drinks and ate poisoned food in this way: “yes, my head felt heavy, and it’s hard in my stomach. Give me another glass - it will become easier.”
But as you know, the killers still had to resort to a revolver and dumbbells, and then drown the viable old man. Why the poison did not affect the body of Grigory Rasputin remained a mystery, which he took with him to the grave (later his decomposed corpse was burned. Perhaps the miracle was due to the fact that Rasputin, like Tsar Mithridates, accustomed his body to various poisons. In years of youth in the Irtysh region, Grigory repeatedly showed tricks with poisons in taverns. He diluted the poison provided to him and gave some to the dog along with the meat. She died in terrible convulsions. After that, Rasputin drank all the poison and washed it down with kvass from the stall. The exact answer to the question the presence of poisons could have been given by forensic experts, but they were not allowed to do so.During the autopsy, a viscous mass of a dark brown color was found in Rasputin's stomach, but they could not determine its composition, since, on the orders of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, further research was The absence of autopsy results and the subsequent burning of the remains of the great old man do not make it possible to confirm the hypothesis that the size liver in Rasputin significantly exceeded the norm, and this anomaly made it possible to take doses of poison that were fatal to an ordinary organism.

How many years did Rasputin live?

47 years old (1869–1916)

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Name: Grigory Rasputin

Zodiac sign: Aquarius

Age: 47 years old

Occupation: peasant, friend of Tsar Nicholas II, seer and healer

Marital status: married

Grigory Rasputin: biography

Grigory Rasputin is a well-known and controversial personality in Russian history, disputes about which have been going on for a century. His life is filled with a mass of inexplicable events and facts related to proximity to the emperor's family and influence on the fate of the Russian Empire. Some historians consider him an immoral charlatan and swindler, while others are sure that Rasputin was a real seer and healer, which allowed him to gain influence on the royal family.

Grigory Rasputin

Rasputin Grigory Efimovich was born on January 21, 1869 in the family of a simple peasant Efim Yakovlevich and Anna Vasilievna, who lived in the village of Pokrovskoye, Tobolsk province. The day after the birth, the boy was baptized in the church with the name Gregory, which means "wakeful."

Grisha became the fourth and only surviving child of his parents - his older brothers and sisters died in infancy due to poor health. At the same time, he was also weak from birth, so he could not play enough with his peers, which became the reason for his isolation and craving for solitude. It was in early childhood that Rasputin felt attached to God and religion.

Where and how was Rasputin killed?

Yusupov Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

Grigory Rasputin interesting facts. Grigory Rasputin - interesting facts

Hello friends. Today I will tell you interesting facts from the life of Rasputin Grigory Efimovich, and no less mysterious story of death. But let's look at everything in chronological order.

He comes from the village of Pokrovskoye, Tyumen region, but no one knows the exact date of his birth, they are called 1864 - 1872, and the number is February 9 or 21. Different sources give different information about this. As a child, he was a sickly child and had health problems.

Interesting facts about Rasputin's biography begin after he comes of age. Until the age of 18, he was an ordinary peasant and was engaged in agricultural work. And after coming of age he hit the pilgrimage.

In 1890 he acquired a wife of peasant origin, she also led a pilgrimage lifestyle. He was characterized as a man with a piercing look, but sloppy clothes. He began his journey from the Verkhotursky Monastery, and then was in Greece, Jerusalem and directly in his native Russia.

After visiting the holy places, Rasputin became famous for his discovered abilities for treatment and prediction. From birth, he had the gift of a hypnotist, Grigory Rasputin could speak wounds and turn any object into a talisman.

After marriage, they had a son and two daughters. It is not known for what merits, but the elder was revered by many secular ladies who came to him in Siberia. Even Empress Alexandra Feodorovna herself helped him and considered him a holy man. While all the people laughed at the stories about Rasputin's festivities and revelry, the empress considered them to be slander of envious people and ill-wishers. Rasputin was completely trusted by the children of the royal family. According to the elder himself, the Mother of God herself called him to St. Petersburg in order to help Tsarevich Alexei, who was ill with hemophilia.

Whatever reputation Grigory Efimovich Rasputin had, interesting facts speak for themselves. Rasputin's predictions came true. He foreshadowed the death of the royal family, the revolution and the death of a large number of the aristocracy. Even his predictions, which he prophesied after his death, came true, namely, about the illness of Tsarevich Alexei. He foreshadowed his death, spoke about the fate of the throne, the upcoming disasters associated with nuclear power plants.

His predictions included terrible natural changes, earthquakes, the decline of moral values, human cloning and the danger from such experiments. We can talk about one more prediction with a shudder, let's hope that Rasputin was mistaken here - the third world war.

From the memoirs of the only surviving daughter of Rasputin Matryona, it follows that the father abused alcohol and the female sex. But if viewed from the point of view of an outside observer, then being the royal confessor, Rasputin did not give rest to many, including the Soviet government represented by the Bolsheviks. It's all because of the fear that some experienced, knowing about his abilities.

Facts about the last day of Rasputin's life: after taking a large dose of poison in food, washed down with wine, Rasputin remained alive. Apparently the poison was old or something weakened its effect. After he was finished off with a shot in the head, and the corpse was thrown into the river.

However, on this day, a note was found from Grigory Efimovich, where he assumes his death and if it is at the hands of the peasants, then the monarchy will remain in the country. If his killers are aristocrats, then there will be no monarchy, just as there will be no mercy for the royal family.

All his predictions were recorded from his words and are still being studied. When the February Revolution ended, Elizaveta Feodorovna was visited by the abbesses of the monasteries, who told about strange things after the death of Rasputin. That night, most of the brothers and sisters at the monastery were subjected to fits of insanity, uttered loud cries and blasphemed.

In times of instability, more and more people are becoming interested in the predictions of psychics and clairvoyants. Perhaps one of the most important prophecies about Russia was compiled by the elder Grigory Rasputin.

The figure of Rasputin in the history of Russia still remains a mystery, and rumors and legends still circulate about his influence on the royal family. Rasputin's predictions about Russia were published in Pious Reflections in 1912. And if at that time most of his prophecies were perceived as fiction, now almost all of his words can truly be called prophetic.

What predictions of Rasputin came true

It should be noted that many of the prophecies of Grigory Rasputin came true. So, what did the elder say during his lifetime and what followed his words?

The execution of the royal family. The fact that the entire royal family would be killed, Rasputin knew long before the tragedy. Here is what he wrote in his diary: “Every time I hug the tsar and mother, and the girls, and the prince, I shudder with horror, as if I were hugging the dead ... And then I pray for these people, because in Russia they need more than anyone. And I pray for the Romanov family, because the shadow of a long eclipse falls on them.

About the revolution of 1917: “Darkness will fall on Petersburg. When his name is changed, then the empire will end."

About his own death and about the future of Russia after his death. Rasputin said that if ordinary people, peasants, killed him, then Tsar Nicholas would not have to fear for his fate, and the Romanovs would rule for another hundred years and more. If the nobles kill him, then the future of Russia and the royal family will be terrifying. “The nobles will flee the country, and the king’s relatives will not survive in two years, and the brothers will rise up against the brothers and will kill each other,” the elder wrote.

Accidents at nuclear power plants. “Towers will be built all over the world, they will be castles of death. Some of these castles will fall, and rotten blood will flow out of these wounds, which will infect the earth and sky. Because clots of infected blood, like predators, will fall on our heads. Many clots will fall to the ground, and the land where they fall will become deserted for seven generations,” Grigory Rasputin said about the future of Russia.

Natural disasters. The elder also spoke about natural disasters, which every year we observe more and more. “Earthquakes at this time will become more frequent, the lands and waters will open, and their wounds will swallow people and belongings ... The seas will enter the cities, and the lands will become salty. And there will be no water that is not salty. A person will be under salty rain, and will wander on salty land, between drought and flood ... The rose will bloom in December, and in June there will be snow.

Cloning. Grigory Rasputin also knew that experiments with cloning would be carried out in the future: "Irresponsible human alchemy, in the end, will turn ants into huge monsters that will destroy houses and entire countries, and fire and water will be powerless against them."

Rasputin's prediction about the future of Russia

The following predictions are difficult to decipher, as Rasputin used symbols and images in his prophecies. Probably, this is his prediction about the future of Russia, which has not yet come true or is just beginning to come true: “People are heading towards disaster. The most inept ones will drive the wagon in Russia, and in France, and in Italy, and in other places... Mankind will be crushed by the march of madmen and scoundrels. Wisdom is bound in chains. The ignorant and powerful will dictate laws to the wise and even the humble… Three hungry snakes will crawl along the roads of Europe, leaving ashes and smoke behind them. The world is waiting for three "lightning" that will sequentially burn the land between the sacred rivers, the palm garden and lilies. A bloodthirsty prince will come from the west, who will enslave a person with wealth, and another prince will come from the east, who will enslave a person with poverty.

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Who killed Rasputin and how?

Who killed Grigory Rasputin and why On December 17, 1916 (according to the old style), Grigory Rasputin fell at the hands of the killers. He was killed as a result of a conspiracy led not by Felix Yusupov and not by State Duma deputy Purishkevich, but by British intelligence agent Oswald Rainer.

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