1. Rasputin wasn't actually a monk.
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2. Rasputin wasn't the first mystic who held sway over the Tsar and Tsarina
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Tsarina Alexandra
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3. Rasputin "looked into" but was not a member of an underground religious sect that practiced self-flagellation and orgiastic rituals.
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Alexandra Feodorovna with her children, Rasputin and the nurse Maria Ivanova Vishnyakova
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4. Rasputin's presence really did help Alexei.
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Empress Alexandra Feodorovna with her son, the Tsarevich Alexei
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5. Rasputin might have predicted his own death and the murder of the Tsar's family.
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Tsar Nicholas with his family
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6. He survived one assassination attempt but never came back from the dead.
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Rasputin with bullet wound in forehead
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7. Some historians believe that Rasputin's assassination was related to a British spy plot.
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Basement of the Yusupov Palace
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8. Russia's royal family had faith in Rasputin until the very end.
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