He survived previous assassination attempts by a former prostitute turned religious fanatic and by a group of nobles led by Prince Felix Yusupov, although he eventually died from drowning in the Neva River.
He survived previous assassination attempts by a former prostitute turned religious fanatic and by a group of nobles led by Prince Felix Yusupov, although he eventually died from drowning in the Neva River. He is most famous, though, for having supposedly healed the Tsarevich ("ZAR-eh-vich") Alexei of hemophilia. For ten points, name this advisor to the royal family of Czar ("zar") Nicholas II, a Russian holy man who was reputed to have "hypnotized" the royal family.
He survived previous assassination attempts by a former prostitute turned religious fanatic and by a group of nobles led by Prince Felix Yusupov, although he eventually died from drowning in the Neva River.
Grigori Yefimovich {Rasputin}