Grigori Rasputin
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Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Roushie: Григорий Ефимович Распутин Template:IPA-ru) (Template:OldStyleDate – Template:OldStyleDate) wis a Roushie meestic who is perceived as haein influenced the latter days o the Roushie Emperor Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, an their ae son Alexei. Rasputin haed aften been cawed the "Mad Monk",[1] while ithers considered him a "strannik" (or religious pilgrim) an even a starets (ста́рец, "elder", a title usually reserved for monk-confessors), believin him tae be a psychic an faith healer.[1]