- He was initially poisoned with cyanide. Then he was stabbed and shot several times. Believing he was dead, his assassins bound him, wrapped him in a cloth and submerged his body in the freezing waters of the Neva River. When his body was finally found it seemed that he had miraculously struggled to free himself of his bonds - which means that he had finally died of drowning. No police investigation into the assassination was ever conducted.
- He was reputed to have been dispeptic, which could account for why poisoning didn't work on him.
- Has four children: Dimitri, Matryona, Maria and Varvara.
- Portrayed by Alan Rickman.
- There is a theory that Rasputin was assassinated during World War I because he was influencing the Tsar to pull Russia out of the conflict. This would have meant that Britain and France were in danger of facing a concentrated threat, as the Germany army would otherwise be fighting the war on two fronts. As it was Russia left the war in March 1918, but by then the United States had entered the conflict.
- Mentioned in a song by Boney M.
- Son of Efim Vilkin Rasputin (1841-1916) and Anna (Parshukova) Rasputina (1839 - 1906).
- Brother of Evdokiya Rasputina (1863-1863), Andrey Rasputin (1864-????), Dmitri Rasputin (1869-????), Maria Rasputina (1869-????) and Glikeriya Rasputina (1866-1866).
- Compared to Joan Crawford in Hollywood Mouth (2008): both were known for their large, intense eyes; both loved to dance and drink vodka; both had left behind provincial towns; speculation about their numerous affairs added to their mystery, etc. The writer/director of that film, Jordan Mohr, has an interest in Russian history of the revolutionary era.
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