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Rasputin   /rəspjˈutɪn/   Listen
Rasputin

noun
1.
Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916).  Synonym: Grigori Efimovich Rasputin.






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"Rasputin" Quotes from Famous Books



... blacken his reputation as they have tried to blacken mine.... the methods may be different but the result will be none the less effectual.... Only the other day, I might say, WHEN WE WERE LEAVING TUMEN, a rabble of Yiddish suttlers began yelling at ME: "Rasputin! Rasputin! where is your Rasputin!" ... Now Grisha Rasputin was a friend of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Protopopov. He was seeking to redeem the reputation of a horse-stealing father if I remember right—'He was a friend of Stuermer, Niki, not a friend ...
— Rescuing the Czar - Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated • James P. Smythe



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