On the 100th anniversary of Rasputin's murder, Douglas Smith, author of Rasputin, explains why the final hours of the holy man's life remain a subject of intense curiosity and speculation a century later.
On the 100th anniversary of Rasputin's murder, Douglas Smith, author of Rasputin, explains why the final hours of the holy man's life remain a subject of intense curiosity and speculation a century later.
'Rasputin was murdered early on the morning of 17 December at the home of Felix Yusupov and his dead body dumped in a branch of the Neva River. This we know for certain. What happened in the final hours of Rasputin's life remains a subject of intense curiosity and speculation a century later.
Here is the story that has most often been told...'