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What interesting information is there about 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 go on pilgrimage to in 1897?
Grigori Rasputin visited the St. Nicholas Monastery at Verkhoturye in 1897.

Question: Did he have a reason for going on pilgrimage?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Grigori Rasputin have a reason for going on pilgrimage, visiting St. Nicholas Monastery at Verkhoturye in 1897?