Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin ( ) ( – ) was a Russian Orthodox Christian and mystic who is perceived as having influenced the latter days of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their only son, Alexei.

However, during a particularly grave crisis at Spala in Poland in 1912, Rasputin sent a telegram from his home in Siberia, which is believed to have eased the suffering.

* December 17 – Grigori Rasputin is murdered.

An anticipated second installment by Kidd and Card called Rasputin has been mentioned, but its future is unknown, especially as Card suffered a " mild stroke " on January 1, 2011.

The incumbent Chief of Cabinet is Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou, who is reportedly sometimes referred to as viceroy, Richelieu or Rasputin.

Vishnyakova said the empress refused to believe her account of the assault, and insisted that " everything Rasputin does is holy.

A shy former German princess who is not highly thought of by the Russian royal court, she is isolated, but is befriended by Grigori Rasputin ( Tom Baker ), a Siberian peasant who describes himself as a religious pilgrim or holy man.

She is obsessed with the thought that only Rasputin can stop the bleeding attacks when they occur.

Sure enough, the Tsarevich recovers, and Rasputin is allowed to return.

Very few people have been told about Alexei's illness or how Rasputin appears to be helping him, so it looks like the Tsarina is losing her mind, or perhaps having an affair with Rasputin.

Out on the front lines, Nicholas is visited by his mother the Dowager Empress Maria Foeodorovna ( Irene Worth ), ( who is very outspokenly critical of her son's lack of leadership abilities ), who scolds him about not attending to crumbling domestic issues and implores him to eliminate Rasputin ( as well as to send Alexandra away to one of the royal palaces out of sight ).

A perhaps more unusual alumnus is Prince Felix Yusupov, the assassin of Rasputin.

The ball is suddenly interrupted by Grigori Rasputin ( Christopher Lloyd ), a sorcerer who was banished by the Tsar for treason.

Bartok ( Hank Azaria ), Rasputin's albino bat minion is nearby and notices his master's dormant reliquary suddenly revived by Anastasia's presence ; it drags him to limbo, where Rasputin survives.

Anastasia then wanders through a garden and onto the Pont Alexandre III, where she is trapped and attacked by Rasputin.

He is shown working for Mikhail Rasputin.

To achieve his goal he is trying to get close to a mysterious " Wanderer " who greatly resembles the historical Grigory Rasputin.

This is the version that infected Illyana " Magik " Rasputin, sister of Piotr " Colossus " Rasputin.

Dark Beast and Mikhail Rasputin are also still powered, though Mikhail is in The Dark Zone.

), it enjoyed great popularity in the Soviet Union, and is credited with making Rasputin famous again there, although it was omitted from the Russian pressing of the album and Boney M. were barred from performing the song during their 10 performances in Moscow in December 1978.

*" Rasputin " ( song ), disco song performed by the group Boney M

In Canada, " Rasputin " was the A-side and became a major hit, topping the Canadian RPM magazine Adult Contemporary singles chart for two weeks beginning March 24, 1979, and peaking at # 7 on RPMs Top 100 pop singles chart that same week.

*" Rasputin ", 2008 single by British singer Jack Lucien on his album New 80s Musik

" Rasputin " is the second single by the Finnish folk metal band Turisas.

Suspicions ( which have not generally been accepted by historians ) that Rasputin was one of the Khlysts threatened his reputation right to the end of his life.

* In 1917 the body of Rasputin, the Russian mystic, was exhumed from the ground by a mob and burned with gasoline.

In December, a small group of nobles assassinated Rasputin and in January 1917 the Tsar's uncle, Grand Duke Nicholas, was asked indirectly by Prince Lvov whether he would be prepared to take over the throne from his nephew, Tsar Nicholas II.

In 1910, Grigori Rasputin was accused of having been a Khlyst by Sofia Ivanovna Tyutcheva, a governess of the Grand Duchesses of Russia, after being horrified that Rasputin was allowed access by the Tsar to the nursery of the Grand Duchesses, when the four girls were in their nightgowns.

Due to its effects on the way of life of the rural residents of the Angara valley, dam construction has been criticized by a number of Soviet intellectuals, in particular the Irkutsk writer Valentin Rasputin both in his novel Farewell to Matyora and in his non-fiction book, Siberia, Siberia.

In the autumn of 1907, Tatiana's aunt Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia was escorted to the nursery by the Tsar to meet Rasputin.

Rasputin's contacts with the children were, by all accounts, innocent in nature, but Nicholas did ask Rasputin to avoid going to the nurseries in the future.

Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova, another nurse for the royal children, was at first a devotee of Rasputin, but later was disillusioned by him.

She claimed that she was raped by Rasputin in the spring of 1910.

Rasputin had released ardent, though completely innocent in nature, letters written by the Tsarina and the four grand duchesses to him.

Paléologue was skeptical at the time about the truth of the wild rumors and attributed them to the hatred of Rasputin held by people in St. Petersburg.

Tatiana attended Rasputin's funeral on 21 December 1916, and Rasputin was buried with an icon signed on its reverse side by Tatiana, her mother and sisters.

In the autumn of 1907, Anastasia's aunt Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia was escorted to the nursery by the Tsar to meet Rasputin.

The gossip was fueled by ardent, yet by all accounts innocent, letters written to Rasputin by the Tsarina and the four grand duchesses which were released by Rasputin and which circulated throughout society.

Much later, the X-Men found evidence in one of Destiny's journals of a group known as the Twelve, including Xavier, Magneto, Cyclops, Phoenix, Iceman, Polaris, Storm, Cable, Bishop, Sunfire, Mikhail Rasputin and the Living Monolith.

Halliday contributed material to the Faction Paradox anthology / encyclopedia The Book of the War ( 2002 ) about a Russian Soviet splinter group from the Faction whose members include Anastasia Romanova and Rasputin.

* A Lifetime reality TV show called Russian Dolls, documenting the lives of young Russian-Americans and a group of Brighton Beach housewives spending time in a popular Russian nightclub, Rasputin Restaurant, premiered August 11, 2011.

Today the group now only consists of the original band leader Rasputin Stoy, a. k. a. Rai Streubel and Frank Schendler ( ex-Beat-A-Max ).