Grigori Rasputin - Part Two

03/21/19 • 29 min

Rasputin met Russia’s Tsar & Tsarina in late 1905, after a tumultuous year for the country. Despite protests from the government, the church & the people, Nicholas & Alexandra continued to give this Siberian peasant more access to the Royal Palace & Court. Part Two looks into why & how Rasputin’s influence was able to stretch as far as it did... & why Nicholas & Alexandra continued to ignore the warnings that no good would come from the situation.

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Grigori Rasputin - Part One

December 16, 1916. A self-proclaimed holy man.. & devoted, dear friend to Russia’s Tsar & Tsarina is lured to a palace cellar in St Petersburg. It was there Rasputin was murdered... but how he died has been up for debate for decades.

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Grigori Rasputin - Part Three

Just weeks after Rasputin’s murder, Russia’s Tsar Nicholas abdicated and his family ended up under house arrest. 18 months later, the entire family was murdered in the basement of Ipatiev House in cold blood. So... is there any truth to Alexandra’s claims that Rasputin was a Holy Man sent to protect her family? Lauren explores fact and fiction in Part Three on Grigori Rasputin.