Making a Man of the Mad Monk: A new biography of Rasputin

Posted by okfine on Thursday November 24, 2016 @06:04PM
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https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/making-man-mad-monk/

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Re:Making a Man of the Mad Monk: A new biography of Rasputin by LordFrith on Thursday November 24, 2016 @08:58PM (#13033944)

I recommend listening to all 200+ episodes od the Russian History Retold podcast, by Mark Schauss.

Here's a link to the Rasputin episode

http://podbay.fm/show/370995272/e/1387515600?autostart=1

Unrelated: Stalin's granddaughter runs an antique shop in Portland Oregon.

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Re:Making a Man of the Mad Monk: A new biography of Rasputin by bogomipz on Friday November 25, 2016 @08:42AM (#13036662)

Wow this awesome! Thanks for sharing!

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Re:Making a Man of the Mad Monk: A new biography of Rasputin by keane on Friday November 25, 2016 @02:35AM (#13034931)

The review mentions that in this new biography the most frightening presence is St. Petersburg itself, noting it to be home to "meddling" foreign agents. Reports of Western agents being present and affecting things at the time are incredibly widespread. There is even the case of the MI6 officer who frequently described being involved in Rasputin's murder [1]. Fascinating angle that defies the generally-told story…

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Rayner

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