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what was Grigori Rasputin's religious conversion?
In 1897, Grigori Rasputin developed a renewed interest in religion and left Pokrovskoye to go on a pilgrimage.
where did Grigori Rasputin pilgrimage?
Grigori Rasputin had undertaken earlier pilgrimages to the Holy Znamensky Monastery at Abalak and to Tobolsk's cathedral, but his 1897 visit to the St. Nicholas Monastery at Verkhoturye was transformative.
did Grigori Rasputin go with anyone on his pilgrimage to the St. Nicholas Monastery at Verkhoturye ?
Are there any other interesting aspects about this Grigori Rasputin article?
Even before Grigori Rasputin's arrival in St. Petersburg in 1903, alternative religious movements such as spiritualism and theosophy had become increasingly popular among the city's aristocracy.
did Grigori Rasputin have any haters?
The Saint Petersburg elite did not accept Grigori Rasputin. He did not fit in with the royal family, and he and the Russian Orthodox Church had a very strained relationship.

Question: did they ever attack him?
Self-contained rewrite: did they ever attack Grigori Rasputin?