JANUARY 2, 1917 Notorious Rasputin Dead

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JANUARY 2, 1917

Notorious Rasputin Dead


Petrograd, Jan 1.
The body of the notorious monk Rasputin was found on the bank of one of the branches of the Neva this morning. An inquiry has been opened. Reuter.
Gregory Rasputin, the peasant “fakir”, whose death has been previously reported on more than one occasion, exercised for several years a sinister influence in Russia. He was a favourite at Court, and enjoyed the patronage of the Empress, who is believed to have attributed the birth of the Tsarevitch to his intercession. The son of a small farmer at Tobolsk, Siberia, he lived the life of a peasant till he was about 30, when he was seized with a quasi-religious mania, and became a lay brother, journeying from monastery to monastery. He came to Petrograd about 1900, and, though he aroused the strong opposition of the Church, he speedily gained a great reputation in society and at Court. The Bishops sought his banishment, but in vain, and criticism of his actions was forbidden by the censorship.
Handsome, with long reddish hair and beard, broad shouldered, vigorous and erect, Rasputin had an extraordinary personality, and his so-called religious salons at Petrograd were frequented by all sorts and conditions of people, from generals to beggars. Of his influence over women he made no secret, and two or three years ago in the columns of the Novoe Vremya he described in unblushing detail the amazing attentions he had extorted from and paid to women of all classes.
His actions gave rise to much scandal, and he was once exiled to his native Tobolsk. Protected by the highest personages he was allowed to return in 1914. In July of that year he was stabbed in the street by a peasant woman, who declared that she wished to avenge one of Rasputin’s girl victims. Politically he was used by the Reactionaries to further their ends, and there is no instance of his interference in public affairs with any regard to national interests.

● The Germans announced yesterday a success in the Dobrudja. They said that “the Russian bridgehead position to the east of Macin” had been “considerably narrowed”, and claimed to have taken 1,000 prisoners, four cannon, and eight machine-guns. 

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