"Poisoned, shot, or drowned? Here’s how Rasputin really died." Topic
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| Tango01 | 08 Jul 2026 1:47 p.m. PST |
"On the night of December 16-17, 1916*, a murder took place at one of Russia's grandest palaces. The crime marked the culmination of an ugly, concerted campaign against both the victim and his imperial Russian patrons. It would rock the tsarist elite at a time when World War I was ravaging Europe and Russia was inexorably sliding toward revolution. More than a hundred years later, the sensationalist reporting of the murder of Grigory Rasputin—for so long erroneously portrayed as a mad monk—has persisted in distorting the truth about his close relationship with Russia's…" link
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 John the OFM   | 08 Jul 2026 2:59 p.m. PST |
Paywall? Nope. Subscription needed? Nope.
I'm not going to pay to read a silly article that calls Rasputin a good guy. |
| Grattan54 | 08 Jul 2026 6:32 p.m. PST |
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| noggin2nog | 09 Jul 2026 8:18 a.m. PST |
"On the night of the murder, Yusupov was in possession of a pocket Browning, as was fellow conspirator Grand Duke Dmitrii. Vladimir Purishkevich, also present, had a Sauvage. These weapons could have caused the wounds to Rasputin's liver and kidney. But the fatal gunshot wound to Rasputin's head could only have come from a revolver. Ballistic experts now agree that the grazing around the wound is consistent with that which is left by a lead, non-jacketed bullet fired at point blank range. All the evidence points to the fact that the gun was a British-made .455 Webley revolver. This was the gun that belonged to Oswald Rayner, a close friend of Yusupov since the days when they had both studied at Oxford University. Unbeknown to anyone except the small group of conspirators, Rayner had also been present on the night of Rasputin's murder. Sent to Russia more than a year earlier, he was a British agent working for the Secret Intelligence Service (now MI6)." from link |
| Perris0707 | 09 Jul 2026 2:04 p.m. PST |
@noggin2nog – interesting. |
| Stoppage | 09 Jul 2026 3:37 p.m. PST |
I've been on the Rasputin Murder Room tour: Atlas Obscura – Rasputin Museum, Yusupov Palace, St Petersburg Two things remained with me after the tour: 1. The totally incompetently handled murder.
2. The map of the Yusupov's estates showed 500,000 serfs. My Dad had a Webley – he said you could always rely on it (compared to a semi-automatic). |
| Tango01 | 09 Jul 2026 5:03 p.m. PST |
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| 35thOVI | 10 Jul 2026 3:36 a.m. PST |
His heart stopped? My grandfather's line. |
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goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
