As the story goes, Grigori Rasputin’s assassins poisoned the “Mad Monk,” shot him at close range, beat him and threw him into an icy river. Supposedly, his hand reached out from the depths to grasp a ...

Whispers of hypnotism, blackmail, and forbidden power spread through the empire. As Russia unraveled, Rasputin’s shadow over ...

A peasant mystic who rose to command an empire’s throne room, Rasputin’s story blurs the line between miracle and madness. His influence would haunt Russia forever.