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Rasputin, one of the most fascinating and controversial figures of the twentieth century, has remained cloaked in the myth of his own devising since his extraordinary ascent to power in the court of Nicholas and Alexandra, the last tsar and tsarina of Russia. Until now. Edvard Radzinsky, the author of the international bestseller The Last Tsar, had long been frustrated by the meager explanations of the malign authority of Grigory Efimovich Rasputin, a Russian peasant, semiliterate monk, and mystic, in the last Romanov court. Then, in 1995, a file from the State Archives that had been missing for years came up for auction at Sothebys, and was put in Radzinskys hands. It contained the interrogations of Rasputins inner circle of admirers and those who kept him under police surveillance--documents never seen by any other historian. With this file, Radzinsky is able to transform the biography of Rasputin from mysterious legend into fact. Using the depositions of Rasputins friends, teachers, devotees, and fanatical female fans--the people who watched Rasputin nearly every day--Radzinsky presents a fascinating account of how Rasputin exercised and enlarged his power. Radzinsky reveals the full extent of Rasputins charged relationship with the tsarina, and chronicles Rasputins famous sexual odyssey through the demimonde of St. Petersburg, using the debauched womens own astonishingly frank testimony to uncover a trove of surprising secrets. Here is documented, for the first time, the way in which Rasputin actually gained access to the tsarist court, and the true identity of the man who shot and killed Rasputin in 1916. And finally, the author is able to provide the real reasons behind Rasputins sway in virtually every imperial decision at the end of Russias royal Romanov dynasty. Through his exclusive access to the Rasputin File, his own unrivaled research into other resources, and his proven talent for dramatic storytelling, Radzinsky is finally able to tell the complete, sensational story of Rasputin, fully documented and definitive. Edvard Radzinskys fascination with Rasputin grew as he was writing The Last Tsar, but until he could penetrate the mystery he would not proceed. And then, miraculously, the documents long missing from the KGB files surfaced, finally enabling him to tell the story of the man who held such a hypnotic influence over the last Russian Tsar and Tsarina, and ultimately determined the fate of his country. Based on Radzinskys persistent scholarship and enlivened by his superb flair for the dramatic, THE RASPUTIN FILE is a mesmerizing account of the man and brings a new understanding to the nature of Rasputins power.--Publisher description.

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Edvard Radzinsky

The Rasputin File

Edvard Radzinsky is the author of the bestsellers The Last Tsar and Stalin, and one of Russias most celebrated playwrights. He lives in Russia, where he is also an award-winning television personality.

Also by Edvard Radzinsky

Stalin:
The First In-Depth Biography
Based on Explosive New Documents
from Russias Secret Archives

The Last Tsar:
The Life and Death of Nicholas II


Dating

The Old Style of reckoning (the Julian calendar) was in use in Russia until February 1918, when the New Style (the Gregorian calendar) was adopted by the omission of thirteen days. Therefore, I February (OS) became 14 February (NS). The New Style was already in general use in the rest of Europe and America. In this book, the dates are Old Style unless otherwise indicated.


Currencies

From 1897, when Russia returned to the Gold Standard, to 1917 the rouble was worth approximately 10 roubles to 1 or 2 roubles to $1.


Language

While aware that a word like Yid has offensive connotations, the author and the translator have been true to the language of the period and have retained the terminologies of all quoted material.

The tsarina Alexandras letters to the tsar were written in an idiosyncratic English. The oddities of her grammar and spelling have largely been corrected.

The city of St. Petersburg (or simply Petersburg), founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, was called Petrograd from 1914 to 1924 and Leningrad from 1924 to 1991. The city name thus varies in the text according to the historical moment and the speaker, whether the author or those quoted by him.

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Illustrations

Between pages 527 and 530

An early photograph of Rasputin
Writing his diary
A page from the diary
With his children
With friends and family
Rasputins house at Pokrovskoe
Father Ioann
With Hermogen and Iliodor
With the tsarina and the children
Walking to the 1906 Duma
A state occasion
Sergei Witte
Four photographs of Rasputin


Between pages 530 and 533
Rasputin in the hospital
Anna Vyrubova; with the grand duchesses; with the tsar at Livadia; with the tsarina
Two group photographs of Rasputin and friends
Mikhail Rodzyanko
Maurice Palologue
The St Petersburg police department
Contemporary cartoon
Nicholas with the German Kaiser


Between pages 534 and 535
The tsar with Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich
The Russian Council of Ministers
Nicholas, his brother Mikhail and Dmitry Pavelovich
Nicholas with Alexei
Irina and Felix Yusupov
The tsarina with her daughters Olga and Tatyana, as sisters of mercy
Felix Yusupov
The back entrance to the Yusupov palace
The corpse of Rasputin
An example of the cartoons published after Rasputins death

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Sources

1 Russian State Archive
2 State Historical Archive, St Petersburg
3 Weidenfeld & Nicolson archive
4 Yusupov Palace Museum, St Petersburg
5 Krasnogorsk Archive
6 Museum of Political History, St Petersburg

Cast of Principal Characters

Grigory Efimovich Rasputin (Grishka, Grisha, Our Friend)


The Romanovs

Nicholas II (Nicky, Papa), tsar of Russia, 18941917. Son of Alexander III and his Danish wife Marie, married to Alexandra of Hesse-Darmstadt, cousin of King George V.

Alexandra Fyodorovna (Alix, Mama, the Empress), married to Nicholas II, tsarina of Russia, 18941917. Youngest daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Tsarevich Alexei (Little One, Sunbeam, Baby), only son of Nicholas and Alexandra, heir to the Russian throne

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, oldest daughter of Nicholas and Alexandra

Grand Duchess Tatyana Nikolaevna, second daughter of Nicholas and Alexandra

Dowager Empress Marie Fyodorovna (Aunt Minnie), widow of Tsar Alexander III, mother of Nicholas. Daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark

Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich (Misha), younger brother of Nicholas, and briefly his successor as tsar

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovich, sister of Nicholas, married (1) Pyotr, Duke of Oldenburg; (2) Nikolai Kulikovsky

Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro), cousin of Nicholas, married Xenia, father-in-law of Felix Yusupov

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, sister of Nicholas, wife of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro), mother of Irina

Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, brother of Sandro, cousin to Nicholas and well-known historian

Grand Duke Pyotr Nikolaevich, cousin of Nicholas, married to Militsa of Montenegro

Princess Militsa Nikolaevna (the black princess), sister of Princess Anastasia (Stana), daughter of Montenegrin king, married to Grand Duke Pyotr

Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich (Nikolasha, N, the dread uncle), brother of Grand Duke Pyotr, uncle to Nicholas, married to Anastasia of Montenegro, and Commander-in-Chief, Russian forces at the start of World War One.

Princess Anastasia (Stana), sister of Princess Militsa, daughter of Montenegrin king, married (2) Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich

Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich (KR), celebrated poet, uncle to Nicholas

Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fyodorovna (Ella), sister of the tsarina, wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich; later abbess of a convent

Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich, uncle to Nicholas, father of Dmitry, married (2) Olga Pistolkors

Princess Olga Valerianovna, married (1) Major General Erik Pistolkors; (2) Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich

Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, son of Pavel Alexandrovich by his first marriage, cousin of Nicholas, friend of Felix Yusupov

Prince Felix Yusupov (also Count Sumarokov-Elston), married to Irina, daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro), and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna

Grand Duchess Irina, daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro), and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna. Married to Felix Yusupov

Princess Zinaida Yusupova, mother of Felix and Nikolai Yusupov

Prince Nikolai Yusupov, elder brother of Felix Yusupov


Court and society

Pyotr Badmaev (the cunning Chinaman), Siberian Asian entrepreneur and businessman, society doctor of Tibetan medicine, herbalist, and healer

A. Bogdanovich, contemporary diarist, monarchist, and generals wife, hostess of leading political salon in St Petersburg

Yulia Alexandrovna von Dehn (Lili), senior captains wife, relative of Anna Vyrubova, confidante of the tsarina, member of Rasputins circle

Pierre Gilliard, tutor to the royal children

Colonel Dmitry Loman, former officer in Life Guards, court administrator, friend of the Lokhtins, warden of Feodor Cathedral, and follower of Rasputin

Mikhail Novosyolov, member of Ellas circle, assistant professor of Moscow Theological Seminary and editor

Monsieur Philippe (Our Friend, Our First Friend), French magus and alleged healer

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