rasputin .ೃ࿐·˚ ༘ Flashcards
Where was Rasputin orginally from?
Siberia: cold,snowy part of Russia
how did rasputin discredit the royal family?
he made tsar nicholas seem even weaker then he was
What scandal did Rasputin cause?
one of an alleged affair between him and the tsarina
Why did the Romanovs respect Rasputin so much?
for “saving” their son
What was Rasputin known for?
being an extremely promiscious alcoholic who was also a self-proclaimed “holy man”
Why did Nicholas look past the propaganda about Rasputin
because he rasputin “saved” the young heir to the throne alexei as he suffered from a blood thinning disease called hemophilia which he was taking aspirin for but aspirin thins the blood even more so he was getting worse but rasputin told him not to take it and he obvz got better
why did the church and upper class have such an issue with Rasputin?
Rasputin was originally a peasant from siberia and somehow made his way to the top which irritated them but alsooooooo he was extremely hypocrictical
How did Rasputin discredit Tsarina alexandras rep more then it already was?
She was german so many asumed she was a spy and russians alr didnt like her and her and rasputin being so close only made for more propganda because of how the people portrayed it and twisted it into something much bigger and deeper then what we could see
