Character+-+Rasputin


 * Character Profile:**
 * Rasputin was born in 1869 in western Siberia to a father who worked for the imperial mail.
 *  During his teen years he spent some time in the Orthodox Church and in 1903 he arrived in St Petersburg after being introduced to the society by a leading Orthodox Priest. Rasputin established a reputation for his holiness and sexual appetite.
 * In 1905 he was introduced to the Tsar and Tsarina because it was claimed that he had holy powers and so they relied on him to treat their son Aleksei who was sick with hemophilia.
 * In 1912 he was publicly denounced for his bad influence on the royal family. Rasputin could give the Tsar advice about the control of the state to which the Tsar and Tsarina both believed because they were convinced Rasputin had mystical powers.
 * It was believed that Rasputin did treat Aleksei but whenever he was hurt Rasputin was needed once more and so Aleksei was not properly healed.
 * Rasputin did although exert strong influence over the Tsarina while Tsar Nicholas was in the front in 1915, she would rely on him for holy advice and to feel safe whilst Nicholas was at the front.
 * In 1916 Rasputin was murdered by a group of conservative noblemen, including some members of the royal family who were not convinced by his holy cover and they believed that Rasputin had a too big influence over the Tsar and Tsarina which they knew was bad and could leave to disastrous situations.
 * Rasputin was buried on the Tsar’s estate.


 * Role in the Revolution: **


 * Whilst Rasputin was murdered before the revolution, many attribute his death to crackdowns on the public by the royal family, thus increasing the dissent among the workers.