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Her project is due on Thursday and we discussed it last night. I will go over with her the translation Throbert has kindly provided.

She is going to take the approach that most likely many f not all of her classmates do know of him from the Disney Movie and how history and Disney have blown out of proportion or exaggerated the truth about him. Like the moon landing and other items. This way she feels it will not be so boring and her classmates will pay more attention to the presentation.

I will circle back and let you know her grade.

Thanks again for the assistance.
It’s okay to present jokes and anecdotes, however, if her topic is indeed closely connected with the WWI events, as you mentioned in the first post, your daughter should first say at list a few words about Rasputin’s attitude toward the war to prevent any "off-topic accusations”, IMHO.

Rasputin spoke out against Russia going to war with Germany. He begged the Tsar to do everything in his power to avoid war.[107] From the hospital Rasputin sent quite a few telegrams to the court expressing his fears on the future of the country. "If Russia goes to war, it will be the end of the monarchy, of the Romanovs and of Russian institutions."
Grigori Rasputin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Your daughter could also add that, although Rasputin consciously did all his best for the benefit of the tsar’s family, his poor drinking habits and serial binges undermined the reputation of the Royal family, and the military spirit of the army lowered as a result; and these were the grinds to the mill of Lenin and his revolutionary cohorts.

Then, she could move on to Throbert’s translation of the “supernatural staff”, if she still had enough time left at her disposal.

PS. In case the public opinion is strongly biased against Rasputin and the teacher shares it, I suggest not fighting with windmills and deliver what is expected, otherwise grade A is very questionable.))