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Rewrite the text with more descriptive information about Rasputin. Make it more of an attention-grabbing lead in about who he was.

For almost the entirety of Russia’s 370 years of tsarist rule, the country was sparsely populated and yielded virtually no industrial output. Serfdom was only abolished in 1861. And near the end of the empire, revolutionary ferment could be felt in the streets all over the country. Enter Grigori Rasputin, who was born into this turbulent world in 1869.

Though Rasputin was the son of rural peasants, he would ultimately rise near the top of court society. Transforming himself into a renegade monk and mystic, he used his mysterious charm and supposedly mesmerizing eyes to become one of the most important and infamous men in the country — and wield a surprising amount of control over the royal family.
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A baby boy, born to poor rural peasants in 1869, would eventually become an important part of the Russian monarchy. He did this by using his charm, his knowledge of mysticism, and his supposedly captivating eyes. This renegade monk came along at a time when the country was ripe for revolution. 

This man who came from poverty was able to rise to the top echelons of society by mesmerizing the royal family.  His name was Grigori Rasputin. 