Rasputin Strengths

The shared characteristic of strength led to a bit of struggle during the battles in Ivan IV Vasilyevich and Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin’s lives. Ivan’s strength was gradually built and also was natural because of his rough childhood, “He survived growing up in an environment of brutality.. both parents of his died when he was young. His father, Basil III died when Ivan was just 3. His uncle Yuri challenged Ivan’s rights to the throne which got him arrested and starved in the dungeon. His mother, Elena Galinskaya, had his other uncle killed because she ruled as regent, then she died by surely being poisoned awhile after, and his guardian, Agrafena, was sent to a convent. Ivan had no one to look after him at 8 years old (Mad Monarchs).” Ivan had …show more content…
Without them, Ivan IV Vasilyevich would’ve been completely different. Though the stories are true, his horrible childhood caused mental issues that began to emerge later on in his life. However, an 8 year old that witnessed everyone they loved die right in front of them has the internal strength of a thousand horses. Rasputin also shared the ability of inhuman strength, “Rasputin was invited to Yusupov palace in St Petersburg. According to Prince Yusupov, Rasputin was taken down to the cellar and was given madeira wine and cake.The cakes that have been laid out for Rasputin had been laced with enough potassium cyanide to slay a monastery full of monks. Yet Rasputin kept eating them. Then, the Prince Yusupov poured the madeira wine into a cyanide-laced wine glass and handed it to him. Rasputin did not collapse from these huge doses of Cyanide, instead he continued drinking the wine. The prince asked if he was feeling unwell, Rasputin replied with “Yes, my head is heavy and I’ve a burning sensation in my stomach.” Rasputin ingested their entire stash of cyanide, they were shocked with his results, then shot him since the poison was not