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Episode 131, The Life and Murder of Grigory Rasputin, part one.

Last time, we covered the mysterious death of Zor Alexander the First and his conversion possibly

to one Fyodor Kuzmich. In this podcast series will follow the life and

murder of one of history's most controversial figures. Grigori Ephimovich Rasputin.

Anyone with any interest in Russian or Soviet history is familiar with the name Rasputin.

The story of how the simple man from Western Siberia became a confidant of Zarnicholus II and his wife

Alexandra is the stuff of legend.

Furthermore, his murder by members of the Russian aristocracy is equally, if not more fascinating

still.

The fascination is elevated even further with the publication of the book, quote, the murder of Grigori

Rasputin, a conspiracy that bought down the Russian Empire by Margarita the Lippa. I will cover her contentions in this podcast.

And of course the next one.

History is filled with fascinating people, most of whom were leaders of some sort. Generals, kings, queens, czars, are written about, but few were ever considered peasants.

There are exceptions like Spartacus, the leader of the Russian rebellions like Stenka Razin, but they are few and far between.

Rossputin is a historical anomaly, as he never held any real power whatsoever despite rumors otherwise.

He was just a true oddity in history.

As Colin Wilson puts it in his book, Ross Putin and the Full of the Romanos, quote,

No figure in modern history has provoked such a mass of sensational and unreliable literature as Gugori Rasputin.

More than a hundred books have been written about him, and not a single one can be accepted as a sober presentation of his personality. There is an enormous amount of material on him,

and most of it is full of invention or willful inaccuracy.

Rasputin's life, then, is not a history. It is a clash of history with subjectivity.

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