Ivanovich rasputin biography wikipedia

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By Tim Lambert. Grigori Rasputin was born in a village in Siberia. At that time life in Siberia was hard and primitive. It was almost untouched by the Industrial Revolution that was sweeping western Europe. However, the Rasputin family were not poor peasants. They were reasonably well off. Young Grigori Rasputin was supposed to have the power to heal sick animals.

In he married a girl named Praskovya. Rasputin is sometimes called the Mad Monk. In reality, he never formally became a monk but he did stay in a monastery for 3 months. Afterward, Rasputin became a wandering holy man called a strannik, living off gifts from peasants. While he was away his wife looked after a farm. However Rasputin did return home for the winters and he had 3 children, a son in and daughters in and All the time Rasputin was gaining a reputation as a healer.

However, Rasputin really rose to fame after he moved to St Petersburg in