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Rasputin's Death
Poisoned, shot three times, and thrown in a freezing river — and some accounts say he was still alive when he hit the water.
Grigori Rasputin, the mystic advisor to Russia's last royal family, was killed in December 1916 by a group of noblemen. The circumstances of his death — poison that reportedly didn't work, multiple gunshots, a struggle, and a body found in the Neva River — have been retold and exaggerated for over a century.
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Quick facts
- →The conspirators reportedly served Rasputin cakes and wine laced with cyanide, which the most famous (and most disputed) accounts say had no visible effect.
- →He was shot at least three times, including once at close range after apparently trying to flee.
- →His body was recovered from the icy Neva River days later.
- →The autopsy account claiming water in his lungs — implying he was still alive when thrown in — has never been conclusively verified and may be exaggeration by his killers themselves.
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Grigori Rasputin (person)
Siberian mystic who became influential with Russia's royal family; killed by noblemen in December 1916.
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Felix Yusupov (person)
Russian prince who led the plot to kill Rasputin and later gave increasingly dramatized accounts of the killing.
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