Grigori Rasputin
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Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, through whom he gained conside
Portrait of Rasputin, c. 1910s
Pokrovskoye in 1912
Rasputin with his children
Makary, Bishop Theofan and Rasputin, 1909
Alexei Nikolaevich was the last Russian tsesarevich. He was the youngest child and only son of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. He was born with haemophilia, which his parents tried
Grigori Rasputin
…Nicholas II and his empress consort, Alexandra Feodorovna. In late 1906, Rasputin began acting as a faith healer for Nicholas' and Alexandra's only son, Alexei Nikolaevich, who suffered from haemophilia. He was a divisive figure at court, seen by some Russians as a mystic, visionary, and prophet, and by others as a religious…
Alexei in 1916
Alekszej Nyikolajevics orosz nagyherceg
Alexei as an infant in 1904
Alexei (right) with his sailor nanny Andrei Derevenko aboard the Imperial yacht Standart in 1908