Purishkevich rasputin biography

Grigorii Rasputin was born in a Siberian village along the Tura River a long way from St. Petersburg.  There still remains a lot of uncertainly about his birth and childhood.  He eventually chose for himself the life of a religious wanderer or pilgrim, a starets (ста́рец), and he claimed to be a psychic and faith healer.

In 1903 he arrived in St.

Petersburg.  This proved an opportune time for him.  On 30 July 1904, the tsar and his wife gave birth to a little boy, Aleksei, who proved to be afflicted with hemophilia. Eventually, the family asked for Rasputin's help in controlling the disease, and supposedly there were documented incidents when Rasputin was able to help the boy's bleeding attacks.

Rasputin became a scandalous figure, cavorting with his female followers from high society (and also cavorting with his female followers from the lower classes)--There is no doubt about it, Rasputin loved cavor purishkevich rasputin biography2 MUHE