Rasputin Reconsidered
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Rasputin Reconsidered
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Author : E. M. Halliday
language : en
Publisher: New Word City
Release Date : 2017-02-01
Rasputin Reconsidered written by E. M. Halliday and has been published by New Word City this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Grigori Rasputin, the “Holy Devil” of Russian legend, was a well-meaning peasant with a psychiatrist’s gift for healing and unusual opportunities for sexual conquest. The tsar, historian E. M. Halliday argues in this essay, might have done better to listen to him more, not less.
Rasputin
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Author : Brian Moynahan
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-10-17
Rasputin written by Brian Moynahan and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Grigory Efimovich Rasputin came to St. Petersburg from his Siberian cabin in 1903 like a projectile from the medieval past, tattered, black-clad, muttering. By the time he was murdered thirteen years later, the peasant was the "beloved" Friend of Tsar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra and the sponsor of the most powerful officials in Russia. He had become, a society lady wrote, "a dusk enveloping all our world, eclipsing the sun. How could so pitiful a wretch throw so vast a shadow? It was inexplicable, maddening, almost incredible. " Rasputin's name has become synonymous with evil, but his legend has obscured the facts of his life. In this evocative biography, Brian Moynahan presents us with a flesh-and-blood Rasputin, more fascinating than the myth--a man in whom debauchery coexisted beside a real (if erratic) spiritual sense, a man whose coarseness hid a savvy awareness of human psychology. Drawing on confidential police reports, cabinet meeting memos, and other documents, some available only since the fall of the Soviet Union, Moynahan sheds new light on Rasputin's life and disputes some of the widely held details of his death. The young Rasputin was a drinker, thief, and womanizer. He claimed to have religious visions and became a wandering holy man, preaching that exposure to sin could drive out sin. He stormed the fashionable salons of St. Petersburg, and in 1905 he met Nicholas and Alexandra, who, increasingly despised by the sophisticated, found in Rasputin reassurance that the "real Russia, the simple and pious peasantry, loved them. Rasputin's mysterious ability to stop the bleeding attacks of their hemophiliac only son, Alexis, sealed the approval of the domineering Alexandra. With royal patronage, Rasputin became increasingly reckless, partying with prostitutes, peddling influence, plotting the disgrace of those who crossed him. Ever contradictory, he was also a devoted family man, a defender of the poor, and a figure of immense charisma. As Germany battered Russia during World War I, as Nicholas's ineptitude as a leader became ever more rampant and the masses went hungry, Rasputin seemed to monarchists to be the cause, and not just the symptom, of corrupt government. A group of conspirators gathered--among them a grand duke and a scion of the richest family in Russia--and one of the most famous murders in history was planned. Set against the vivid backdrop of prerevolutionary Russia, Rasputin is a portrait of an age as well as of a man. NOTE: This edition does not include photographs.
Rasputin
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Author : Douglas Smith
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2016-11-03
Rasputin written by Douglas Smith and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize. Drawing on major new sources hitherto unexamined by western historians, Douglas Smith’s Rasputin is the definitive biography of this extraordinary figure for a generation. Nearly a century after his murder, Rasputin remains as divisive a figure as ever. Was he really a horse thief and a hard-drinking ruffian in his youth? Was he a a devout Orthodox Christian, or was he in fact a just a fake holy man? Are the stories of his enormous sexual drive, debauchery, and drunken orgies true or simply a myth? How did he come to know the emperor and empress and to wield so much influence over them? What was the source of his healing power? Was Rasputin running the government in the final years of his life? And if so, was he acting on his own or on the orders of more powerful, hidden forces? Did Prince Yusupov and his fellow conspirators act alone or were they other parties involved in Rasputin’s murder – British secret agents or even an underground cell of Freemasons, as has been claimed? And to what extent did Rasputin’s murder doom the Romanov dynasty? 'The most comprehensive account of Rasputin to date, brimming with complexities and fascinating detail, and stands as an enlightening re-evaluation of this crucial figure in Russian history.' – Daily Telegraph
Rasputin S Killer And His Romanov Princess
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Author : Coryne Hall
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2023-03-15
Rasputin S Killer And His Romanov Princess written by Coryne Hall and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Prince Felix Youssoupov was heir to the richest fortune in Russia, and husband to Princess Irina Romanov. He was also involved in the murder of the notorious Rasputin, but protected from prosecution by his Romanov connection. Using recently unearthed sources, this book explores the story of this colourful pair, shedding new light on their lives.
Rasputin And The Russian Revolution
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Author : Catherine Radziwill
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2020-10-16
Rasputin And The Russian Revolution written by Catherine Radziwill and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
First published in 1918, this fascinating book explores the role that Rasputin played in the downfall of the Russian Empire and the revolution of 1917. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869 – 1916) was a Russian mystic and holy man famous for his familiarity with the family of Tsar Nicholas II. He was a controversial character, viewed by some as a mystic, visionary, and prophet; and by others as a religious charlatan. Nonetheless, he garnered significant influence in late imperial Russia. He was assassinated by a group of conservative noblemen who opposed his influence over the Tsars in 1916. Contents include: “Rasputin”, “The Great Revolution”, and “The Riddle of the Future”. Many vintage book such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with the original text and artwork.
Rasputin
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Author : Harold Shukman
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-09-16
Rasputin written by Harold Shukman and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The perfect introduction to the man whose dark arts caused scandal across Russia.
Rasputin The Man Behind The Myth A Personal Memoir
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Author : Marii︠a︡ Grigorʹevna Rasputina
language : en
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date : 1977
Rasputin The Man Behind The Myth A Personal Memoir written by Marii︠a︡ Grigorʹevna Rasputina and has been published by Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Maria Rasputina, born Matryona Grigorievna Rasputina[1] (March 27, 1898? September 27, 1977[2][3]), was the daughter of the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin and his wife Praskovia Fyodorovna Dubrovina. Only her mother and her father called her by the name "Maria". Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, she wrote several memoirs about her father's life, association with Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and murder."--Wikipedia.
The Rasputin File
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Author : Edvard Radzinsky
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2010-05-12
The Rasputin File written by Edvard Radzinsky and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From the bestselling author of Stalin and The Last Tsar comes The Rasputin File, a remarkable biography of the mystical monk and bizarre philanderer whose role in the demise of the Romanovs and the start of the revolution can only now be fully known. For almost a century, historians could only speculate about the role Grigory Rasputin played in the downfall of tsarist Russia. But in 1995 a lost file from the State Archives turned up, a file that contained the complete interrogations of Rasputin’s inner circle. With this extensive and explicit amplification of the historical record, Edvard Radzinsky has written a definitive biography, reconstructing in full the fascinating life of an improbable holy man who changed the course of Russian history. Translated from the Russian by Judson Rosengrant.
Rasputin The Rascal Monk
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Author : William Le Queux
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2017-09-05
Rasputin The Rascal Monk written by William Le Queux and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with Fiction categories.
Rasputin
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Author : kniaz Feliks Felihsovich Iusupov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
Rasputin written by kniaz Feliks Felihsovich Iusupov and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with categories.