Has Grigory Efimovich Rasputin Returned?
It is well known that on the fateful day of the 16th of December 1916 (Julian), Grigory Efimovich Rasputin, close friend and advisor to Alexandra Fyodorovna, tsarina of Russia, was brutally murdered. The historical details point to the murder being committed by Prince Felix Yusupov, V. M. Purishkevich and Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich. However, the exact roles that were played out on the eventful night will never be known. Rasputin however, didn’t die easily. First, he resisted being poisoned with Cyanide, then he was shot at close range. Left for dead, he recovered, and attempted escape. He was then shot repeatedly, and, in a what was probably a fit of rage on the part of Felix, beaten savagely about the head with a dumb-bell handle. Rasputin was then bound, driven to the Malaya Nevka river and thrown in through a hole in the ice. It is in these freezing waters that Rasputin met his demise – when the body was recovered it became clear that even by the time he was thrown into the water,
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