Rasputin

Rasputin was born in 1869, in Tyumen, a district of Siberia. He arrived in Saint Petersburg in 1911 and was a young guard. Even today, he is known as a shadowy and mysterious character. He apparently had weird personality traits. Doctor's and skeptics came to the conclusion he must have been possessed. He had power's over the Tsarevich and the royal family, that could not be explained.

The young tsar had deadly episodes of bleeding known as hemophilia. Rasputin was able to stop the bleeding. The family though he was sent be god. Rasputin was close to the Tsaritsa's closest friend, Anya Vyrubova. She had a train accident and was almost killed. Her body was crushed and mangled. Rasputin went to her and held her hand and then started to chant, "Annushka, Annushka, rise! She awoke from her coma and tried to rise. Rasputin spoke telling all she would live. He also told everyone she would be a cripple for the rest of her life and she was.

In time he tried to befriend other members of the family without success. They did not trust him. He had no further luck with the church. He had a number of church hierarchy exiled after they turned on him. Rasputin had become a celebrity as he flaunted his many gifts and letters from the royal family. In 1916 a group of aristocrats with the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, decided Rasputin had too much power. He would have to be assassinated. They lured him to the Yusvpovsky Palace to meet the dukes wife as Rasputin also loved women. There he was led down to a cellar where he was fed poisoned cakes and wine. These had no affect on him. They decided to shoot him. He then got up and started to hit the prince numerous times. The prince was so upset he fled for help. When they returned Rasputin was gone. They found him in the yard crawling for the front gate. They shot him and then beat him. They bound him up and threw his body into the river. When his body was found, his bonds were broken and his lungs were filled with water. He did not actually die until submerged in the frozen Russian waters.

His heart was removed and stored at a military institute, until it was stolen in the 1930's. He was buried. Later his grave was reopened. After trying to transport the body to a secret burial site, the truck broke down. The body was cremated. The ashes were scattered at the site.

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