Rasputin was born between 1864 and 1865 in his own home of Pokrovskoe. It is now known as Tiumen’ Oblast. It is located in Siberia on the Toura River. This was a small city located near the Ural Mountains. At the center of the village stood a large white church with a guilded dome, which was a symbol of Russia’s strong religious background.

At the age of eighteen Rasputin went through a religious transition. He eventually went to the monastery at Verkhoture. At this place he became aquatinted to the Khlysty sect. After spending some time at this monastery he did not become a monk. When he came to this monastery he had no intentions of becoming a monk. But this even eventually leads to fame and power for Rasputin.

spice to the story of a less than priestly priest whose healing powers seemed equaled by his seeming immortality. The part Rasputin played in Russian history has little to do with facts it comes from the tangled mass of hearsay and innuendo in which he was wrapped. It was not so much what Rasputin did but what he was rumored to do that mattered in history. In this respect he was, literally, a legend in his own time. The legend was known to the whole of Russia, the man to very few. Even the manner of his death was legendary, nor do the legends end with his death. Grigorii Yefimovich Rasputin lead one of the unusual and mysterious life and death stories ever lived. The early life, the Russian influence he gained, and the death of this amazing man all contribute to his legend. Many believed Rasputin was mad, but he was not mad he was a man of spiritual healing in an unknown form. Aristotle sums it up best in saying, "There was never a genius without a tincture of madness."

Marriage wasn’t enough to keep Rasputin in one place. He continued to wander to places of religious significance suck as Mt. Athos, Greece, and Jerusalem. He was a self-proclaimed holy man. He had the power to heal the sick and the power to predict the future. His fame grew greatly. Soon people traveled from long distances in search of his well heard about abilities and insight. For Rasputin’s help, people would repay him with food, presents, and money. Rasputin has had no long period of religious or spiritual training. He also had very limited education so he was left illiterate. This made his theatrical abilities become very useful.

Still alive after poison and bullets, he was beaten, tied with chain and tossed into the Neva river to drown. Three days later when the body was removed from the river, it was found that his lungs were filled with water. Rasputin had still been alive while in the water and cause of death was drowning. According to an anonymous source, "Some would say that they had seen Rasputin leaving the city . . . of course none of this could be proven but it adds interesting

As the years progressed, Rasputin gained more influence in the royal court. Even as the rumors flew of Rasputin's social affairs his recognition as a holy man of God grew, even though he neither a monk nor a priest. Rasputin's rise to political influence was due to his close relationship to the czarina. Rumors soon started that Rasputin was swaying the royal couple into making peace and becoming an ally with Germany. In the spring of 1915, the two close friends, Rasputin and Alexandra, convinced Nicholas II to go and gain direct control over the troops in WWI. The czar was gone and the country was left to the czarina for her doing. That is also when Rasputin had the greatest influence over her. The fact that Alexandra was of German blood did help much with their public opinion polls. There was no doubt that Rasputin gave his advice on government and military affairs freely. His power, however, was much more illusion than reality. All the decisions were approved by Nicholas. Ra!

Astra appeared and told him to go forth, heal, and be known as Rasputin. From that he was known as the "devil incarnate." Rasputin in Russian also means "debauched one," which is translated to someone who is lead astray morally or corrupted. As a holy man, not a monk, some would say he did a less than acceptable jobs as he preached that the way to redemption was to give in to sin in reckless abandon and then repeat. While on this journey he was believed to have seen the Virgin Mary and with that gained recognition. His name was known far beyond the Imperial Court of Russia. The influence that Rasputin had over the Russian country as a whole was phenomenal. He first arrived in St. Petersburg between the ages of thirty-three and forty. Russian czar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra have made some secret plans in hopes of saving their hemophiliac son Alexei from death. The Imperial Court

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