Grigori Rasputin Research Paper
Grigori Rasputin: The “Mad Monk” Assassinations are rare in this world of ours, when someone thinks of the word assassination names that come to mind might be John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, or Abraham Lincoln, but does anyone think of Grigori Rasputin not likely most people have probably never even heard the name let alone know anything about him. But little dose people know is that Grigori Rasputin was killed by the Tsar’s jealousy and that Rasputin stained his image. It has been said that Rasputin was quite the charmer back in the day, well endowed, he could swoon almost any woman off their feet including Tsarina Alexandria. Grigori Rasputin was born on January 22, 1869 in Pokrovskoe, Siberia, Russia to parents
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He was said to have been able to heal Alexi through prayer and was proven to relive Alexi, each time Alexi got injured Rasputin came to his aid and was able to heal him. This caused the Tsar and the rest of the royal family to befriend and trust Rasputin. Soon Rasputin grew a controversial image such as speaking against the royal family, practicing a forbidden sect and even raping a nun. He became increasingly drunk and appeared cynical to most. “Rasputin favored Jews, prostitutes, homosexuals, and the poor and disadvantaged, including and, in particular, members of religious sects. He understood the danger of war, and did what he could to preserve peace. But Rasputin was selfish and shortsighted. He took bribes and was party to corruption and profiteering during the war. Rasputin ended as a womanizer and hopeless drunk, who undermined the regime of Nicholas II and hastened its collapse (Fuhrmann).” Jews and homosexuals were not favored groups of people at the time, the fact that he openly favored them tarnished his image and even the Tsars image for having Rasputin as his advisor. The fact that Rasputin’s beliefs tarnish the Tsar’s image and that his wife is rumored to of had an affair with Rasputin deeply angered the Tsar and put the nail in Rasputin’s soon to be
He was said to have been able to heal Alexi through prayer and was proven to relive Alexi, each time Alexi got injured Rasputin came to his aid and was able to heal him. This caused the Tsar and the rest of the royal family to befriend and trust Rasputin. Soon Rasputin grew a controversial image such as speaking against the royal family, practicing a forbidden sect and even raping a nun. He became increasingly drunk and appeared cynical to most. “Rasputin favored Jews, prostitutes, homosexuals, and the poor and disadvantaged, including and, in particular, members of religious sects. He understood the danger of war, and did what he could to preserve peace. But Rasputin was selfish and shortsighted. He took bribes and was party to corruption and profiteering during the war. Rasputin ended as a womanizer and hopeless drunk, who undermined the regime of Nicholas II and hastened its collapse (Fuhrmann).” Jews and homosexuals were not favored groups of people at the time, the fact that he openly favored them tarnished his image and even the Tsars image for having Rasputin as his advisor. The fact that Rasputin’s beliefs tarnish the Tsar’s image and that his wife is rumored to of had an affair with Rasputin deeply angered the Tsar and put the nail in Rasputin’s soon to be