Rasputin
Grigori Efimovich Rasputin was born in the village of Pokrovskoe, Siberia between the years 1864 and 1865. Not much is known about Rasputin’s childhood years. He was described as a mysterious man with a shadowy character. In the time that he lived he managed to become quite popular, especially with the royal family, also known as the Tsar. This popularity originated from his mysterious ability to heal the Tsar’s son Alexis’ hemophilia. At the age of 18, Rasputin went through a religious transition. He visited a monastery in Verkhoture where he met the Khlysty sect. Although he did not stay long enough to become a monk, their influence greatly changed his life. At 19, he returned to Pokrovskoe where he married Praskovia Fyodorov. They bore three children. He then went to wander around to various locations with religious significance. After these pilgrimages he decided to call himself a holy man and realized that he had the ability to heal the sick and see into the future. One day after returning home, Rasputin had made contact with the Heavenly Mother and she told him that he was to go to the Tsar and heal their son of his continuous flares of hemophilia. After this vision Rasputin started his trek to St. Petersburg. After arriving to St. Petersburg Rasputin was drafted by church leaders because of his religious influence and power of the people. It took two years for the Tsar to invite Rasputin into their palace to try and heal their son. After the healing of Alexis, Rasputin was looked upon as if he was sent from the heavens directly from God. Though there was speculation of his gifts, the Tsar would not let these rumors effect their trust in him. Rasputin soon became the Tsar’s right hand man in any kind of problem. They sought his guidance on medical and political issues, although his political influence was minimal. Those were were angry at the Tsar tried to use Rasputin as a scapegoat so that they didn’t confront the head of royalty himself to no