what was grigori raspu
Grigori Rasputin. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Russian: Ð³ÑÐ¸Ð³Ð¾ÑÐ¸Ð¹ ÐµÑÐ¸Ð¼Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÑÐ°ÑÐ¿ÑÑÐ¸Ð½ [É¡rÊ²ÉªËÉ¡orÊ²Éªj jÉªËfÊ²imÉvÊ²ÉªtÉ rÉËsputÊ²Éªn]) (21 January [O.S. 9 January] 1869 â 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1916) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Tsar Nicholas II and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia.