Thread: Rasputin - Please assist for US High School History Project

Hi rockzmom, long time no see!

So, as usual, there's a nice wikipedia article Grigori Rasputin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, but in a nutshell, he was a controversial figure who was close to the Russian Royal family and was generally despised by the public. That caused enormous emotional tension between the public and the Russian Royalty. The tension ultimately played in favour of the fall of the Russian monarchy and the establishment of the Republic in March 1917.

Rasputin was a visionary, healer, and tsar's advisor with a modicum of paranormal abilities. He made a lot of predictions, including the fall of the monarchy after his death, some of which actually come true.

You can read a succinct account of his life and activity in a classical Collin Willson’s book “The Occult. A history” .The PDF of this book in English, borrowed from a Russian site, can be found here DepositFiles. ( Your daughter might want to read part 2, chapter 8 )
To make her story fun, she can also add some of the predictions that are not necessarily true, but often ascribed to Rasputin, like American landing on the Moon. He was a peasant and his idiolect is not an epitome of diplomacy, sorry.))

Однако есть и такое свидетельство (речь идет о ноябре 1913 г.): "Учитель смотрел на Луну. Сказал: "Чудно, вроде люди глупые, а вишь – захотели и сделали". Я спросила его: "Кто, Григорий?". А он сказал, что американцы гулять по Луне будут, срамной флаг свой оставят и улетят. А я спросила: "Да как же так? Там нет воздуха". "А они в ящиках, и петушатся, что нас обскакали. Нас-то! Но ты не боись – их ранее туда подпустимся и первыми будем. Юрка будет". А я спросила: "Где? На Луне? И что за Юрка? Не князь ли Изотцев Юрий Петрович?" А он вдруг рассердился: "Дура родовая! Не на Луне, курица, а в небе! И не князь этот твой". А после мы долго молились вместе Господу". Напомним, что А.Вырубова умерла в 1964 г., когда американская программа освоения Луны "Аполлон" даже еще не начиналась.

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Originally Posted by Crocodile

Hi rockzmom, long time no see!

Yes, it as been a while! It is good to "see" you and diogen are still here and quick to help out as always.

Diogen, I got the book for my daughter, thank you.

It is a sad commentary to note that when I mentioned Rasputin to older daughter first thing she said was "Anastasia!"

In the Dark of the Night - Anastasia 1080p - YouTube