Rasputin was born Grigori Yefimovich Novykh, a Siberian peasant who would later acquire the surname Rasputin because of his sexual promiscuity and heavy drinking. In Russian, “Rasputin ...

Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic, survived multiple assassination attempts on the same night. He was poisoned, he was shot, he was drowned in a freezing St Petersburg river. His corpse was ...

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin ... a skilled occultist and priest. His ability to heal people and maintain their health was considered his greatest strength. Rasputin referred to himself as a sage ...