Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Who Really Killed Rasputin?

An upcoming Russian film claims a British spy did it. For years it was believed that Prince Felix Youssopov killed Rasputin, mainly because Felix bragged to everybody that he himself was the murderer. He was certainly the one who lured Rasputin to his house under the pretext of a wild party. Edvard Radzinsky's excellent book, The Rasputin File, debunks Felix's pretensions while building a case for Grand Duke Dmitri being the actual assassin. The current theory claims that the British government was involved, and the shot that killed Rasputin was fired by a M16 agent, in order to pave the way for dethroning Nicholas II and installing Dmitri on the throne. Via LRC. Share

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very interesting!
Grand Duke Felix had a habit of cross dressing when he was younger. (His mother had hoped for a girl) Encouraged by his older brother, Felix wore his mother's dresses and accessories so when he went out for social gatherings his attire drew attention from people.
The party pretext certainly got out of hand! The participants had their share of drink.

elena maria vidal said...

Both Felix and Dmitri, according to Radzinsky, were both in love with the Tsar's niece, Princess Irina. She married Felix.

Anonymous said...

From an obscure peasant.........Rasputin's life and death is still controversial.

a thorn in the pew said...

I studied Russian in college and we had a whole series devoted to this. It was fascinating to say the least. By the way, I tagged you for your favorite hymns:
http://athorninthepew.blogspot.com/2007/06/tagged-favorite-hymns.html

elena maria vidal said...

Thanks for the tag, thorn!!