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Grigori Rasputin - The Mad Monk of Russia
Grigori Rasputin was known as many things from being a holy man, a mystic, a healer, a seer and even the "Mad Monk of Russia".
Though his life and his role within Russia's Royal family is still highly debated by historians, we find that his life (and death) is extremely odd and fascinating.
Well known for surviving multiple fatal attacks like a vicious stabbing, being poisoned with a large amount of cyanide, beaten and shot multiple times, but how did this strange man start as a peasant and gain the top ranks among the Russian Tsar family and is he responsible for the fall the last Tsar of Russia? Come listen to this wild story of magic, religion, sex, violence, power and war as People Time takes your for ride through the mysterious and bizarre life of Grigori Rasputin.
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Grigori Rasputin was known as many things from being a holy man, a mystic, a healer, a seer and even the "Mad Monk of Russia".
Though his life and his role within Russia's Royal family is still highly debated by historians, we find that his life (and death) is extremely odd and fascinating.
Well known for surviving multiple fatal attacks like a vicious stabbing, being poisoned with a large amount of cyanide, beaten and shot multiple times, but how did this strange man start as a peasant and gain the top ranks among the Russian Tsar family and is he responsible for the fall the last Tsar of Russia? Come listen to this wild story of magic, religion, sex, violence, power and war as People Time takes your for ride through the mysterious and bizarre life of Grigori Rasputin.