Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (born 1869)

Grigori Rasputin

Russian mystic (1869–1916)

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, through whom he gained considerable influence in the final years of the Russian Empire.