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Talk:Grigori Rasputin
Need?[edit]
Not so much? PFoster 13:36, 11 December 2008 (EST)
- Grigori Rasputin was the real person behind throne in Tsarist Russia. Darth Maul 13:38, 11 December 2008 (EST)
- So what? i'm not sure we need an article on him--at least, not this one...PFoster 14:08, 11 December 2008 (EST)
- Shades of Boney M in there somewhere I feel.--Bobbing up 14:10, 11 December 2008 (EST)
- Bulked out it might make a good "Fun" article. Fortinbrass 14:16, 11 December 2008 (EST)
- Any more on this? He was a mystic, mentalist and a purveyor of woo, not to mention the legends around him that defy a lot of explantion. As an individual I think he fits the mission quite well, although the article could do with some TLC. ArmondikoVbomination 09:07, 23 January 2009 (EST)
- Bulked out it might make a good "Fun" article. Fortinbrass 14:16, 11 December 2008 (EST)
- Shades of Boney M in there somewhere I feel.--Bobbing up 14:10, 11 December 2008 (EST)
- So what? i'm not sure we need an article on him--at least, not this one...PFoster 14:08, 11 December 2008 (EST)
- Excellent article :D --Max Sterling (talk) 17:02, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Inaccurate death[edit]
I wouldn't want to change it in case the Ames joke is more important, but Rasputin was actually killed with a single shot to the head by a British intelligence officer, who co-operated with the dissident Russian nobles. Britain believed that Rasputin was going to use his influence to withdraw Russia from the First World War, and that he needed to be removed in order to prevent this happening. The details about the difficulty in killing him were invented later on by Prince Felix Yusupov (the leader of the nobles' conspiracy) in exile in order to exaggerate Rasputin's malevolent influence and his own good deed in killing him. KlapauciusEsteemed Constructor 09:37, 29 January 2009 (EST)
- That's one theory based on recent intelligence. It's worth adding anyway. The myth of the guy's death is so impressive it needs looked at in the article. ArmondikoVbomination 09:49, 29 January 2009 (EST)
- I'm no expert on this, but just looked through what WP says about it. It looks like the autopsy shows he had been beaten & stabbed as well as shot, but no traces of poison. So I guess some of the details of his murder could be true, but no doubt the tale grew in the telling. Wëäŝëïöïď
Methinks it is a Weasel 09:56, 29 January 2009 (EST)
- I'm no expert on this, but just looked through what WP says about it. It looks like the autopsy shows he had been beaten & stabbed as well as shot, but no traces of poison. So I guess some of the details of his murder could be true, but no doubt the tale grew in the telling. Wëäŝëïöïď
Well, he was stabbed in the gut by a prostitute long before his official death, so the "stabbing" part is technically correct, albeit not part of the official assassination attempt. — Unsigned, by: 24.61.154.51 / talk / contribs
Geoducks[edit]
Could the WP link be added (and avoid the bioduck). 31.51.113.32 (talk) 22:18, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Prophecies[edit]
I think we should add a content about his supposed "prophecies", most of it goes under a border between almost null primary source data mixed with urban legends and History Channel-like crankery. Supposedly he predicted a lot of things like the assasination of the Romanovs, the rise and fall of the USSR to WW3, Climate Change and so on. There are also accounts on supposed failed prophecies like the ascention of Alexei to the throne or a Russian Victory in WW1, but couldn't find any sources that support such statements. C man (talk) 19:20, 6 March 2025 (UTC)