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With no shortage of accusations and rumors of vile and depraved actions, Grigoriy Yefimovich Rasputin was a very controversial figure.

He was a mysterious man with many secrets; some even accused him of being in league with the devil.

Even if he had been living among commoners, his reputation would have garnered significant attention, but Rasputin was a friend and confidant of the most powerful family in Russia – that of Tsar Nicholas II.

It was his reputation and activities in this lofty position that garnered him the fame that he has maintained till today, over a century after his violent death.

This is the story of one of Russia’s most unusual figures and why he became so famous.

The Life of Rasputin

Grigoriy Yefimovich Rasputin was born on January 21, 1869 in the small peasant village of Pokrovskoye along the Tura River, deep in the heart of rural Russia and very far removed from the centers of power.

He was just one of the