It couldn’t be truer that people pay attention to who the President, King, or Prime Minister is hanging out with. It would make sense that the people closest to the person in charge would have at least a voice in the ear of the person calling the shots. We have an interesting situation going on now, but imagine if the person closest to the person in charge of an empire was a self-proclaimed mystic and faith healer? What would it look like with Ms. Cleo in the ear of George W. during the tough days following 9/11? Enter the tale of Rasputin. Grigori Rasputin came from the remote area of Siberia to become one of the major influences of the Russian Empire. His rise to prominence was carved by the path of religion and many thought he had healing powers, including the King and Queen. But did Rasputin live the holy life he preached about? What was his relationship with the King’s children really like? If he wasn’t funny, and not good looking at all, how did he pull so much tail? We’ll dive into all this and more in the Rasputin episode of AHC Podcast.
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Citations:
Smith, D. (2016). Rasputin: Faith, power, and the twilight of the Romanovs. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Landau, S. (2018, August 7). The long, hard journey of Rasputin's penis. All That's Interesting. Retrieved from https://allthatsinteresting.com/rasputin-penis
Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Grigori Rasputin. In Wikipedia. Retrieved January 25, 2025, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin
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