Gregory Rasputin.?

Question

WHat did Raspuyin dop to be comsidered a holyman. Didnt he predict the end of the Romanovs and his evenual death by a member of the Romaonv Family. THanks for any help.

Answer 1

He claimed to be a "holy man" by saying he had spiritual healing powers and he was a member of a cult that practiced sinning (a.k.a pre-marital and extra-marital sex) as a way to become close to God.

The Tsarina Alexandra believed Rasputin to be a saint because he was the go-to-guy to help "treat" her son's hemophilia (hemophilia is a hereditary disease that affects males where the chemical for blood clotting is nonexistent). For some reason, he was able to slow down the blood flow to keep her son, Alexei, from bleeding to death.

Rasputin had a repuation as being a ladies' man (note the fact that he was in a sexual sinning cult mentioned before) despite the fact that he rarely bathed and groomed himself. People would see this guy hang out with the Romanov family and some people believed that Alexandra was having an affair with Rasputin (not true; she was too devoted to her husband Nicholas II).

To make a long story short: some Romanov family members thought Rasputin made them look bad so they tried to kill him several times and ended up hurling his body into the frozen Neva River where he may have perished. Eighteen months later, the Romanovs were executed in a basement in a building in the city of Ekaterinberg.

I don't think that Rasputin's prediction was prophetic; I believe he understood that he had enemies within the Romanovs and that the Communists would eventually come for the family regardless. Rasputin may be a dirty, uneducated bum but he's not stupid by any means. Despite his involvement in the sex cult thingy, he still believed in God and claimed to be God's servant on earth. If you read your Bible, you would know that being involved in sin would further remove yourself from God rather than closer to Him.

Answer 2

Gregory Yefimovich Rasputin, the son of a Russian peasant, was born in Pokrovskoye, Siberia, in 1872. Although he briefly attended school he failed to learn how to read or write.

Rasputin entered the Verkhoture Monastery but decided against becoming a monk. He returned to Pokrovskoye and at the age of 19 married Proskovia Fyodorovna. Over the next few years the couple had four children.

Rasputin eventually left home and traveled to Greece and the Middle East. He claimed he had special powers that enabled him to heal the sick and lived off the donations of people he helped. Rasputin also made money as a fortune teller.

Soon after arriving in St. Petersburg in 1903, Rasputin met Hermogen, the Bishop of Saratov. He was impressed by Rasputin's healing powers and introduced him to Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra Fedorovna. The Tsar's only son, Alexis, suffered from hemophilia (a disease whereby the blood does not clot if a wound occurs). When Alexis was taken seriously ill in 1908, Rasputin was called to the royal palace. He managed to stop the bleeding and from then on he became a member of the royal entourage.

In September, 1915, Nicholas II assumed supreme command of the Russian Army fighting on the Eastern Front. As he spent most of his time at GHQ, Alexandra Fedorovna now took responsibility for domestic policy. Rasputin served as her adviser and over the next few months she dismissed ministers and their deputies in rapid succession.

Rumours began to circulate that Rasputin and Alexandra Fedorovna were leaders of a pro-German court group and were seeking a separate peace with the Central Powers in order to help the survival of the autocracy in Russia.

Rasputin was also suspected of financial corruption and right-wing politicians believed that he was undermining the popularity of the regime. Felix Yusupov, the husband of the Tsar's niece, Vladimir Purishkevich, the leader of the monarchists in the Duma, and Grand Duke Dmitri, formed a conspiracy to murder Rasputin. On 29th December, 1916, Rasputin was invited to Yusupov's home where he was given poisoned wine and cakes. When this did not kill him he was shot by Yusupov and Purishkevich and then dropped through a hole in the frozen canal outside the house

Answer 3

If Gregory Rasputin were to come back, Jay Lenno and David Letterman will invite him to their tv shows, he'll be signing autographs and have his pictures taken with many people, especially with gorgeous young women, wow!, and be treated as a celebrity in the gossip columns of the supermarket tabloids. And his own website!

Answer 4

He distracted the Czar and Tsarina with fake hopes that he would treatment there hemophiiac youngster, and the czar failed to look the pain of his individuals for the duration of the first-rate struggle (WWI) and it no longer best result in the czars demiss, however his possess.