Grigori Rasputin

Russian mystic (1869–1916)

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Lived 1869–1916, aged 47

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1869–1916
Aged 47

Summary

Updated 2026-08-26

A Siberian peasant who talked his way into the last Tsar's inner circle and spent a decade whispering in the ear of an empire already teetering. His death came from noblemen who believed killing him might save Russia — it didn't.

Biography

About

Grigori Rasputin was born to peasants in a Siberian village in 1869, had a religious conversion after a pilgrimage in 1897, and began wandering as a strannik with no official church rank. He arrived in Saint Petersburg in 1903 or 1904, captivated religious and social leaders, and by November 1905 had met Nicholas II and Alexandra. In late 1906 he became faith healer to their hemophiliac son Alexei, a role that split the court between those who saw him as mystic prophet and those who called him charlatan. When Nicholas left in 1915 to command the army, Rasputin and Alexandra consolidated power…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Grigori Rasputin

Grigori Rasputin

said7 Dec 1916

I write and leave behind me this letter at St. Petersburg. I feel that I shall leave life before January 1st.

— Grigory Rasputin in a letter to the Tsarina Alexandra, 7 Dec 1916

Grigori Rasputin

saidundated

God has seen your tears and heard your prayers. Do not grieve. The Little One will not die. Do not allow the doctors to bother him too much.

— As quoted in Rasputin: The Untold Story By Joseph T. Fuhrmann p.100

Grigori Rasputin

saidundated

God has seen your tears and heard your prayers. Fear not, the child will not die.

— As quoted in the opening of The Chalice of Immortality - Page xi - Google Books Result

Grigori Rasputin

saidundated

This devil who was dying of poison, who had a bullet in his heart, must have been raised from the dead by the powers of evil.

— . Lost Splendor (1952)

Grigori Rasputin

saidundated

Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on

— Boney M., in their 1978 song "Rasputin"

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