Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, (or Grigori Yefimovich Novy) (–) was a
Russian mystic who is perceived as having influenced the later days of the Russian
Tsar Nicholas II, his wife the
Tsaritsa Alexandra, and their only son the
Tsarevich Alexei. Rasputin had often been called the "Mad Monk", while others considered him a "strannik" (or religious
pilgrim) and even a
starets (ста́рец, "elder", a title usually reserved for monk-confessors), believing him to be a psychic and
faith healer. It has been argued that Rasputin helped to discredit the tsarist government, leading to the fall in 1917 of the Romanov dynasty. Contemporary opinions saw Rasputin variously as a saintly mystic, visionary, healer, and prophet, and, on the other side of the coin, as a debauched religious charlatan. Historians may find both to be true, but there is much uncertainty, for accounts of his life have often been based on dubious memoirs, hearsay, and legend.
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