But, back then, the Rasputin family were peasants, and Maria ultimately changed her name in an attempt to climb Russia's social ladder. During her early childhood, her father was a starets ...

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also known as "Putin's Rasputin", adding: "This directly affects the interests of the special services, a huge number of influential circles. "I think the resistance to Trump will be huge.

The president of the United States called the president of Russia. That alone is already a major success!’ pundit says ...

There is no truth. There are alternative truths.” 2. He rose from nowhere to become the power behind the throne in Putin’s Russia He invented 'Sovereign Democracy', a system in which the ...

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Hardly anyone recognizes the name Felix Yusupov. He was a Russian aristocrat and a member of the imperial family, whose place ...

it led inevitably to disaster for the monarchy and for Russia. The imperial family was brought into disrepute as the Tsarina fell under the influence of Grigori Rasputin. Rasputin was a monk from ...