A while ago, I read Miranda Twiss' book on the most evil men and women in history. Not surprisingly, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Pol Pot, and Idi Amin made the list (so where the heck was Mao?). So did Ilse Koch and Elizabeth Bathory.
What surprised me was that Gregory Rasputin made the list. After reading about the Romanovs and majoring in history in college, I am stumped that anyone would consider him evil enough to stand among the ranks of nasty dictators and bloodthirsty femme fatales.
Sure, he was evil and creepy but as to why he would be considered one of the most evil people in history has me scratching my head in confusion. I normally thought of him as some crazy bum that thought he was some sort of prophet. I guess the act of bringing down the 300-year-old house of Romanov would be considered evil (would the royal house fall regardless of whether or not Rasputin came in the picture?).
Fellow history majors, buffs, historians, etc., please enlighten me on this.
2007-12-20
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