Gregory Efimovich Rasputin is one of the most debated characters of the 20th Century. Thousands have discussed whether Rasputin was a holy man who came to the aide of the royal family or more simply, a cheat who thrived in womanising and in truth, a man who had a debauched sexual appetite. After all the word “Rasputin” in Russian mean “the debauched one”. But in the following pages, I will try to explore a better …showed first 75 words of 2793 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2793 total…III, ever imagined that this young and inexperienced Romanov would ascend the throne as early in life as he did. Czar Nicholas II’s mother Czarina Maria-Feodorovna was nortorouis as a mother who did not allow her children to grow. Therefor altering the young Czar’s behaviour to that all would regret. As Leon Trotsky once said: “His ancestors did not bequeath him one quality which would have made him capable of governing an empire”