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Pokrovskoye in 1912 Rasputin with his children. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was born a peasant in the small village of Pokrovskoye, along the Tura River in the Tobolsk Governorate (now Tyumen Oblast) in the Russian Empire. [2] According to official records, he was born on 21 January [O.S. 9 January] 1869 and christened the following day. [3]
Knyaz Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (Russian: Князь Фе́ликс Фе́ликсович Юсу́пов, Граф Сумаро́ков-Эльстон; [1] 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1887 – 27 September 1967) was a Russian aristocrat from the House of Yusupov who is best known for participating in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin and for marrying Princess Irina ...
Grigori Rasputin was twice investigated (in 1903 and 1907) by the Tobolsk Theological Consistory, under charges of spreading Khlyst doctrine. Both investigations were closed without any evidence being found against him, [ 28 ] but popular rumour continued to link Rasputin to the sect. [ 29 ]
Rasputin was a strange, controversial historical figure. So naturally Rhys Ifans relished playing him in 'The King's Man'. Rhys Ifans: My Rasputin is rooted in historical fact
Rasputin with his children. Matryona (or Maria) Rasputin was born in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye, Tobolsk Governorate, on 26 March 1898, and baptized the next day.. Some people believe she was born in 1899; that year is also on her tombstone, but since 1990 the archives in Russia opened up and more information became available for researche
Yusupov family coat of arms (1799) The House of Yusupov (Russian: Юсу́повы, romanized: Yusupovy) was a Russian princely family descended from the monarchs of the Nogai Horde, renowned for their immense wealth, philanthropy and art collections in the 18th and 19th centuries.
With his first girlfriend Polya, he helped his younger brother perform as a cross-dressing singer in The Aquarium, a café in Saint Petersburg. Felix remembered: Felix remembered: "There was a gap of five years between my brother Nicholas and myself; this at first hampered our intimacy, but by the time I was sixteen we had become fast friends.
Here’s everything to know about Bob Dylan’s real-life ex-girlfriend, Suze Rotolo, and her relationship with the singer. She was born in New York City Michael Ochs Archives/Getty