Rasputin Flashcards
1
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Who was he?
A
A Russian peasant from Siberia by the name of Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
2
Q
Birth
A
January 21, 1869, in Pokrovskoye, Russia
3
Q
Monk?
A
Started out to become a monk but never completed the course, though really religious
4
Q
Relation with the Tsar
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He healed their son Alexei of hemophilia and close to Tsarina Alexandria during WW1
5
Q
Death plot
A
As his fame grew so did his enemies. Some thought he had an affair with the Tsarina, some thought he was working with the enemies, some thought he was mad
6
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Murder
A
Conspirators, including Prince Felix Yusupov and the Tsar’s first cousin, invited him over to dinner, he drank a few poisoned drinks, got shot a few times, then thrown into the river where he was found 3 days later
