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when did Grigori Rasputin rise to prominence?
Word of Rasputin's activity and charisma began to spread in Siberia during the early 1900s.
how old was he when word spread?
CANNOTANSWER.
who were some of his followers?
he won over the father superior of the Seven Lakes Monastery outside Kazan, as well as a local church officials Archimandrite Andrei and Bishop Chrysthanos.
what were their beliefs?
CANNOTANSWER.

Question: what's some more interesting information about his rise to prominence?
Self-contained rewrite: What's some more interesting information about Grigori Rasputin's rise to prominence?