No matter how kind Rasputin was, he unwillingly became the living symbol of the destruction of Russian Empire's political system. The emperor granted with an absolute power over the country listened to no one but his wife and a mad monk rumoured to be a warlock and subsequently lost his war, his country, his family and his life. No wonder people had thoughts about some kind of curse.

Yet another "opinion"
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