Rasputin's Influence In The Romanov Family

The source of Rasputin’s personal influence in the Romanov family was Alix’s futile need to find a miracle cure for her haemophilic son. This was what brought the mystic into her life, without Alexei Rasputin would never have gained a holding over the Imperial family. It was only once Rasputin gained the family’s trust as a staritz he was allowed more influence in the affairs of the church and the government. The event that cemented Rasputin as a fixture in the Winter Palace was the Spala Miracle of 1912. The Doctors evaluated the Tsarevich’s condition was fatal; the Last Sacrament was administered on 10 October 1912. In her desperation Alix called on Rasputin as a last resort who replied through telegram: ‘God has seen your tears and heard
After all, Alexei himself was conceived after prayer, Alix can hardly be blamed for her belief that Rasputin was the answer to her sons Haemophilia. Alix’s faith in Rasputin came from her highly religious belief in God and spiritual nature. Alix believed Rasputin was a peasant whose resolute devotion had led to him becoming an instrument of God. Because the secret or source of Rasputin’s miracles on the Tsarevich have never had a unanimous explanation by people at the time, Alix took this as a sign that Rasputin was a staritz and that God was with him; for the rest of her life she would fervently defend him and turn her wrath against anyone who dared to question
He accepted bribes, requests and sexual favours. He had the power to give or deny people audiences with the Tsar.3 This deepened the rift between the Tsar and one of his central pillars of support – the court. As nobility waited for hours for 5 minutes with the Tsar, the disgusting peasant would saunter past and spend hours with the Tsar. Now it was the silence on why Rasputin was in the royal quarters that led to people assuming they could be discussing anything from battle strategy, to government and politics. In reality they often had simple conversations about life; he acted in more as a confidante. None-the-less it lead to ‘Ordinary people lined up outside his home every day to ask help in getting an apartment, to request letters of introduction for jobs as clerks, for auditions at theatres, or to beg for help in keeping their sons out of the army.’ And he was able to help them by calling in favours from the big shots. Everyone was eager to be in Rasputin’s favour regardless of position, so the cycle of Rasputin’s influence in Russia