Rasputin's Influence On The Russian Revolution
Rasputin Part A
Grigori Rasputin was a controversial and central figure to the Russian revolution, rising to prominence as a mystical healer in Tsar Nicholas II’s court. He was born on 21 January 1869 into a peasant family in Siberia, Russia. Rasputin received no formal education and was probably illiterate. In his youth he astonished people in his village; there were accounts telling of his mystical healing and supernatural powers, others detailing his cruelty. At age 19, Rasputin got married after failing to be ordained as a monk; however, he abandoned family life to embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Continuing on his wanderings, Rasputin found himself in St. Petersburg in 1903 with an established reputation as a faith healer; this …show more content…
Nobles despised him for his tremendous power and influence over the tsar and tsarina, which he frequently flaunted. Additionally, he insulted the aristocracy with his lewd behaviour and many wanted him dead. Whilst Rasputin was a healer at court, he was a notorious drunk and philandered at night, sexually harassing and deceiving women. Despite reports from the tsar’s secret police of his scandalous actions, Tsar Nicholas II dismissed these reports in favour of the tsarina’s defence of Rasputin.
In World War I, Rasputin’s influence over Russian politics was demonstrated with his ability to appoint his friends to high government positions regardless of their incompetence. When Tsar Nicholas II left for the front line in 1915, Tsarina Alexandra took responsibility for domestic affairs with Rasputin as her advisor. Rasputin saw this as an opportunity to control and destabilise government by replacing senior ministers with his benefactors, whom he could manipulate.
Before his death, Rasputin informed the Tsar of his prediction if he were to be killed by a government authority; the constituents would kill the Russian imperial family. Rasputin’s downfall was his assassination by a monarchist group of young royals; Prince Felix Yusupov and Grand Duke Dimitry laced his food with cyanide. When this failed to work, Rasputin was then shot and drowned in an icy
Grigori Rasputin was a controversial and central figure to the Russian revolution, rising to prominence as a mystical healer in Tsar Nicholas II’s court. He was born on 21 January 1869 into a peasant family in Siberia, Russia. Rasputin received no formal education and was probably illiterate. In his youth he astonished people in his village; there were accounts telling of his mystical healing and supernatural powers, others detailing his cruelty. At age 19, Rasputin got married after failing to be ordained as a monk; however, he abandoned family life to embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Continuing on his wanderings, Rasputin found himself in St. Petersburg in 1903 with an established reputation as a faith healer; this …show more content…
Nobles despised him for his tremendous power and influence over the tsar and tsarina, which he frequently flaunted. Additionally, he insulted the aristocracy with his lewd behaviour and many wanted him dead. Whilst Rasputin was a healer at court, he was a notorious drunk and philandered at night, sexually harassing and deceiving women. Despite reports from the tsar’s secret police of his scandalous actions, Tsar Nicholas II dismissed these reports in favour of the tsarina’s defence of Rasputin.
In World War I, Rasputin’s influence over Russian politics was demonstrated with his ability to appoint his friends to high government positions regardless of their incompetence. When Tsar Nicholas II left for the front line in 1915, Tsarina Alexandra took responsibility for domestic affairs with Rasputin as her advisor. Rasputin saw this as an opportunity to control and destabilise government by replacing senior ministers with his benefactors, whom he could manipulate.
Before his death, Rasputin informed the Tsar of his prediction if he were to be killed by a government authority; the constituents would kill the Russian imperial family. Rasputin’s downfall was his assassination by a monarchist group of young royals; Prince Felix Yusupov and Grand Duke Dimitry laced his food with cyanide. When this failed to work, Rasputin was then shot and drowned in an icy