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The end of Rasputin
First let me take time to thank everyone who has been supportive since our launch, am happy to state that we have hit more than a 1000 regular readers + listeners across multiple channels. I want to take this opportunity to thank all the folks who keep encouraging me by sending articles & books, feedback, topics to explore. I also want to thank Anu, Arshdeep and the Kwazi team that have breathed life into my hobby with their design and consulting on channel and content type strategies.
The Romanovs were an all powerful autocratic dynasty that had ruled Russia for about 300 years. Furthermore the emperors of Russian, British and German empires were all first cousins. And inspite of a powerful army, rich long heritage and strong royal relationships, the Russian empire collapsed. Amongst many reasons, there is one prominent player who can claim the credit for this - he wasn't a king or a general, wasn't a minister or banker, wasn't a revolutionary or a influencing author - just a uneducated peasant - and he broke the spine of this all powerful empire. His name was Rasputin.
Grigori Raputin was the forerunner of several of todays so called 'sadhus' and 'anandas'.. This self styled godman gained access to the Winter palace to treat Russian prince. Slowly and steadily our man Rasputin started building on the goodwill and dependence bestowed on him by the Tsarina Alexandra and hence the Tsar..
The crazy part of the Rasputin story was that of his assassination. Several members of the Royal family who had attempted convincing Nikolai to get rid of Rasputin & had failed in that attempt, decided to take matters into their own hands. It took poisoned wines & cakes, close range gun shots and also drowning in a completely frozen river - to get rid of Rasputin
#history #masalahistory #worldwar1 #russia #lastczar #rasputin
#podcast #historypodcast #russianrevolution #godman #ussr
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By Sivakumar Sethuraman
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First let me take time to thank everyone who has been supportive since our launch, am happy to state that we have hit more than a 1000 regular readers + listeners across multiple channels. I want to take this opportunity to thank all the folks who keep encouraging me by sending articles & books, feedback, topics to explore. I also want to thank Anu, Arshdeep and the Kwazi team that have breathed life into my hobby with their design and consulting on channel and content type strategies.
The Romanovs were an all powerful autocratic dynasty that had ruled Russia for about 300 years. Furthermore the emperors of Russian, British and German empires were all first cousins. And inspite of a powerful army, rich long heritage and strong royal relationships, the Russian empire collapsed. Amongst many reasons, there is one prominent player who can claim the credit for this - he wasn't a king or a general, wasn't a minister or banker, wasn't a revolutionary or a influencing author - just a uneducated peasant - and he broke the spine of this all powerful empire. His name was Rasputin.
Grigori Raputin was the forerunner of several of todays so called 'sadhus' and 'anandas'.. This self styled godman gained access to the Winter palace to treat Russian prince. Slowly and steadily our man Rasputin started building on the goodwill and dependence bestowed on him by the Tsarina Alexandra and hence the Tsar..
The crazy part of the Rasputin story was that of his assassination. Several members of the Royal family who had attempted convincing Nikolai to get rid of Rasputin & had failed in that attempt, decided to take matters into their own hands. It took poisoned wines & cakes, close range gun shots and also drowning in a completely frozen river - to get rid of Rasputin
#history #masalahistory #worldwar1 #russia #lastczar #rasputin
#podcast #historypodcast #russianrevolution #godman #ussr