Rasputin,Grigori Efimovich

Rasputin,Grigori Efimovich
Ras·pu·tin (răs-pyo͞oʹtĭn, rə-spo͞oʹtyĭn), Grigori Efimovich. 1872?-1916.
Russian starets whose magnetic personality and relative success in the treatment of the czarevich's hemophilia gained him favor in the court of Nicholas II. He was assassinated by noblemen who feared that his licentious manner and ignorance would undermine the monarchy.

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