Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Rasputin: The Mad Monk!

Make a new post on your blog about Rasputin, the mad Monk who influenced the Romanov family in Russia just before the Bolshevik Revolution.

Links:
The life, powers and influence of Rasputin.
The death of Rasputin (especially the last three paragraphs).

Include the following:
  1. A description of the man physically (include photo if possible).
  2. Evidence of his special healing powers.
  3. Why he was resented by the Tsar and other members of the court.
  4. How he was killed.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rasputin

he was 7 feet tall
had an ugly beared
he didnt take baths often

It has been argued that Rasputin helped to discredit the tsarist government, leading to the fall in 1917 of the Romanov dynasty. Contemporary opinions saw Rasputin variously as a saintly mystic, visionary, healer, and prophet, and, on the other side of the coin, as a debauched religious charlatan.

Rasputin was a convenient scapegoat for those who wanted to attack the Tsar's appointments and decisions, but who wouldn't confront Nicholas directly.

December 1916, Rasputin was invited by Prince Felix Felixovich Yussupov and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov to visit his palace on the Moika Canal & killed thim


Antonio Valdovinos

Anonymous said...

Grigori Efimovich Rasputin is a 7 footman that couldnt read with strange powers.

Ebony Solomon

Anthony said...

1.Tall and bearded man, who was a monk

2. he saved a person who was almost dead from a train wreck

3.they wrer jelous




4.They first tried to poison him, but as the poison was slow in taking effect, Prince Yussoupov and the deputy killed him with revolvers. His corpse was thrown into the Neva and was picked up two days later.

Anonymous said...

1)he was 7 feet tall
had an ugly beared
he didnt take baths often
2)he saved a person who was almost dead from a train wreck
3)they were jealous
4)They first tried to poison him, but as the poison was slow in taking effect, Prince Yussoupov and the deputy killed him with revolvers. His corpse was thrown into the Neva and was picked up two days later.

Emily Arita

Anonymous said...

Grigori Efimovich Rasputin was a 7 foot man that has a nasty beard & couldn't read.He saved a woman from a train wreck.they poison him then shot him and then he dround him.

Ebony Solomon