Grigori Rasputin

Grigori Rasputin did not live very long but his life was indeed very interesting. Over and over again, his life is described as “sorted” with three major emphases: his sexual exploits, his unorthodox behavior and his untimely death. Very little effort has been made to describe and discuss the impact that he had on Russia’s’ efforts during World War I. Although World War I was significant to the development of post war occurrences and ultimately today’s society, Rasputin was a key player but only to be noted as the cause or demise of the political party and himself. Originally born Grigori Yefimovich Novik on January 22, 1869 in Pokrovskoye, Siberia, Russia, Grigori Yefimovich Novik changed his name to Grigori Rasputin. He was the…

The Assassination of Grigori Rasputin According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, “There have been 298 serious assassination attempts on leaders worldwide since 1875” (Belsie). Grigori Rasputin, a member of Czar Nicholas II’s court, was violently murdered by a group of conspirators on December 29, 1916. Grigori Rasputin had a reputation as a mystical faith healer who had influence on the Russian government. He was violently killed as he was perceived to be too close the imperial…

Jemmy, were awoken from their beds and led to the basement of the House of Special Purpose, a Bolshevik military hold, and shot to death. One of the direct causes that led to the end of the Romanov dynasty during the Russian Revolution was the royal family’s association with the peasant and self proclaimed sarets, or faith healer, Grigori Rasputin. Rasputin, often called ‘The Mad Monk’ was born into a time of great spiritualism, where Russia was still dominated by religion and superstition. This…

Grigori Rasputin and the 1917 Russian Revolution One of the most significant events of Russian history was the 1917 Revolution. Predating the revolution, Russia was formed of a hierarchy society consisting of four piers; royalty, aristocracy, middle class and peasantry. After the 1917 Revolution, Russia was dismantled and transformed into the Soviet Union under the governance of the Communist Party. The Communist Party consisted of socialists with the objective to modernize their country-as…

political and personal influence exerted by Rasputin lead to the downfall of Tsarist Russia?  General information on this topic Nicholas II of Russia was the last emperor of Russia (1st November 1894 to 15th March 1917). His reign saw the dramatic fall of the imperial Russian empire. After the Febuary revolution of 1917 Nicholas was forced to abdicate the throne. In 1918, Nicholas and his family were tragically executed by the Bolsheviks. The dramatic downfall of Tsar Nicholas was the ended the…

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…

After reading part one of Gone from the Promise Land, I was not at all surprised to find out how troublesome Jim Jones’s childhood was. In class, I learned that Jim Jones had thought of himself as ‘God’ and he had lead a religion where he was able to convince the followers of this religion to commit suicide. Since Jim Jones was able to convince a large number of people to commit suicide, I thought that his reasoning for doing this must have stemmed from his childhood. I thought it stemmed from…

Russia as a whole was already a relatively unstable country when it came to their participation in World War I. Germany was very controlling while Russia’s leader was very incompetent, and thus resulting in chaos when the country began to notice they were losing numerous battles and the war entirely. Russia had already attempted different forms of government, entering the war with tsarist autocracy. Prior to the war, the Russian people were desperate for change, very aware of their state of…

Revolution of 1905” (“Bloody Sunday”). The incident began with a strike, planned by a priest, in January of 1905. The workers assembled for the demonstration had the harmless intention of marching to Czar Nicholas II and presenting to him their desires for reformations. Police were instructed to fire into the crowd, resulting in over one hundred casualties and countless injured. Grigori Rasputin and his relationship with the Romanovs: Grigori Rasputin was a supposed Russian mystic with…

was diagnosed with hemophilia their focused shifted from the well-being of the people, to that of their child. The Tsar saw the effect that this disease was having on his son, so as a result they pursued a man named Grigori Rasputin. Rasputin was a paradox, he was a drunken foul smelling man, however, he was also a holy man and spiritual leader. When he was around Alexei he seemed to reduce his hemophiliac episodes, something that the doctors the boy saw didn’t do. When the Tsar and Tsarina’s…