Grigori Rasputin became one of the most infamous figures in Russian history because myth grew around him faster than truth. He entered the Romanov world as a wandering holy man and gained the trust of ...
Maria Rasputin grew up in the eye of the storm. While her father, Grigori Rasputin, remains one of history’s greatest ...
And the Downfall of the Romanovs, Antony Beevor turns his formidable narrative discipline toward a figure long obscured by ...
Grigori Rasputin rose from obscurity to become one of the most influential figures in late imperial Russia. His connection to the royal family gave him power far beyond his station. Many saw him as a ...
RRasputin's birthplace in Pokrovskoye is a private house-museum with guided tours on weekends only Rasputin's St Petersburg apartment operates as a private museum with tours by appointment The Yusupov ...
Lost Splendour and the Death of Rasputin. By Felix Yusupov. Adelphi; 304 pages; 288 pages; £12.99. FEW murderers boast about their crimes. But Prince Felix Yusupov was no ordinary killer, and his prey ...