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Rasputin

Often, there are many rumors regarding Rasputin. Some call him a "mad monk" and believe that he held powers greater than any normal human. The big question is this: how can a peasant with hardly any influence, make his inner way into the royal family?
Well, let's start from the beginning. Rasputin was born in 1869, and was raised in a Siberian village. As a young man, he had a very bad reputation. Rasputin was often the troublemaker, and would frequently get drunk. He also sexually harassed many women. Rasputin later became a monk, and his ideas of how to attain salvation were alluring, and mysterious. He believed that by giving in to sin (more often, for Rasputin it was sexual sin), one would be able to achieve salvation. This idea was new, and somewhat exciting for the Russian public. People were interested in him, and his ideas. And it was not only his ideas that were so alluring. Rasputin himself seemed to tempt many women. It was rumored that his charm seemed to almost......


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