Grigori Rasputin - The Mad Monk - A Historian Reacts #1

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[@theveryworstluck1894]

Wasn't expecting you to know about The King's Man version of Rasputin, lol. The real praise goes to the make up department for making the actor, Rhys Ifans, look as spot on as he did, because, while he's an outstanding actor, he's also a clean-shaven, blonde-haired Brit. According to that movie Rasputin was also a pretty adept ninja, lol.

[@HistoryNerd808]

That question about cause or symptom is such a great question that applies to so many figures in history. Did they shape history or was their rise a sign of a decaying order which would've changed even without them and they were just the person there at the perfect time? I think generally in history the answer is both. They never would've risen to power without the circumstances being perfect for it but once they were in power, they shaped the times in which they lived. Rasputin's no exception.

[@sergiuosan8674]

that "great man theory" versus "when conditions are ripe a great man will pop up and do what needs to be done" was, as far as I know, a debate among historians for a long time. And I think now most of the historians agree that history is a mix of both those ideas.

[@peterepeatepete2845]

One of my English teachers once pointed out that often people perceived to have “strange” or “intense” eyes have a trait where some of the white is actually visible under the pupil. Edgar Allen Poe and Rasputin were the examples she used and Looking at those pictures I can see why. I think she also said that it was sometimes seen as a mark of high intelligence, but I never found much to back that up. But yeah, look at most normal eyeballs when look straight ahead and the pupil usually takes up the entire middle with no white visible around the top or bottom. But pictures of both Rasputin and Poe, you can clearly see a strip of white under the pupil. It’s strange but something I would have never noticed myself.

[@RMSTitanicWSL]

She was one of Queen Victoria's granddaughters. Hemophilia was a huge problem for descendants of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, in fact. There's no history of it prior to Queen Victoria, and only one of her children had it, but it's believed her daughters Alice and Beatrice passed the disease on to their children. The Tsarina was one of Alice's daughters, and so passed it to her son, Alexis. Hemophilia proved a true nightmare for the royal families of Europe. Rasputin was supposedly charismatic and may have simply had a knack for manipulating people. He may or may not have had any real skills or abilities. History is full of such people. Sometimes, that's all it takes. The Tsarina was far from the only superprotective royal or parent with a hemophiliac child. She just had the misfortune and bad judgment to let it influence her to make decisions that would doom her and her country in a time when there was no margin for error.

[@NoBandwidth-0]

I've been to Pokrovskoye, the village where Rasputin grew up, and I have done a tour around his house. It's amazing the condition it's in, for how long it's been there.

[@laughsatchungus1461]

I think it’s worth mentioning that Nicholas and his family never lived in the winter palace but rather in the Alexander Palace, next to the Catherine palace in Tsarskoe Selo, a then town ~6 miles south of st. Petersburg. This change occurred after the assassination of Alexander II, when Alexander III thought the winter palace stopped being a safe residence Nicholas still went to the winter palace when he had to work, however.

[@thomas8190]

A really good Netflix series in my opinion is called 'the last czars' it's a really good series about the russisn revolution, Nicholas the second and rasputin, it's really worth checking out!

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Yes, it is very good.

[@Awells89]

My personal favorite scene in that is when Nicholas taking about Japan with his generals and he orders to go to war even thought it was obviously a bad idea and the general goes "Don't come to me when it all goes to crap"

[@niccoloparker3548]

@@VloggingThroughHistory it has very low rating of 7.3 on imdb

[@wahcks1142]

@@niccoloparker3548 ibmd tells you how to live your life?

[@samsolitaryroll]

@@niccoloparker3548 you trust those plebs who put ratings on imdb?

[@mattyice1214]

Hi Mr. Chris, I'd like to recommend doing Extra History's one on the Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Great. I was in my AP European History class (I'm a sophomore) and for a game we were playing involving absolute rulers in Europe at the time I played as Suleiman the Great. I figured "Huh" and looked up a video, and I saw Extra History, a channel I knew from some videos you did from them. I watched their series on it and it was amazing. Even as a devoutly protestant evangelical Christian, this story of a Muslim ruler struck me incredibly deep and the way they told his story was beautiful. The character of Suleiman the Great is so alluring to me, and I'd definitely recommend the video. It really wants to make me learn more about Islamic history. Either way, I'd recommend it, very much so. Have a good day, sir. God bless.

[@matthewmeadows6699]

I’m in AP Euro aswell and it’s crazy how much I’ve learned from these videos!

[@chicagosaddletramps1628]

I was in AP European before You Tube even existed (1997-1998) but for sure would have loved these videos!!

[@firstpersonwinner7404]

The last game I played that has Suleiman in it was Assassin's Creed: Revelations, which is pretty much as true to get to history you can get unless you believe Templar propaganda

[@gheorghitaalsunculitei9146]

Orthodoxy puts a lot of emphases on identifying with Jesus Christ through suffering. If you want to strictly follow the rules you need to fast all the fasts through the year (110 days) besides the regular 3days per week. During fasts you must abstain from sin,meat,eggs and milk. Until recently no Orthodox Church was allowed to have benches even though the liturgy is twice as long as the Catholic one.

[@nathansteinfromarkham7109]

14:09 You could say this about various types of men we call evil today. One example is H.H. Holmes. I abhor what the man did but he was a smart guy. If it wasn't for the circumstances of his childhood he would have probably been a great boon to the human race.

[@cassianoneto1553]

Please, whenever it is most convenient for you, react to the Empire of Brazil series. You already did the Simon Bolívar one and it’s interesting to hear from an American how they perceive other independence processes.

[@scud553]

The story of Rasputin is absolutely nuts. I studied abroad in Russia a couple years ago, and our tour guide in Saint Petersburg took us to where he was killed and told us incredible details about him. The way he explained it, it was believed back then (and even today really) that he actually had the ability to heal and did heal the Tsars child. We hear about it and laugh it off as a funny story, but it might be more true than we'd like to think. Not to mention the strange details around his death, which only adds to the mystery. I'm not necessarily saying he truly had these mystical powers, but I don't think simply being a smooth talker would have led to the creation of such legends.

[@AKTechX17]

It’s actually not far fetched to believe that he did indeed help improve the condition of Alexei, the Czarina’s son with hemophilia. No magic or mystical healing powers involved. There are hypothesis like he could have prevented the son from taking aspirin (for religious reasons but would’ve been a good thing to do), which was a new drug at the time to treat pain but is also now known as a blood thinner. This is just one hypothesis, and there are others like hypnosis. He also stopped doctors from giving other treatments which may have made things worse as medical knowledge at the time wasn’t complete or flat out wrong about certain things.

[@coxmosia1]

He was intelligent, so, he may have been adept at reading people and their needs. After all ESP can be classified as highly refined deductive reasoning. Nothing mystical about that. Also, obviously very well adept at the art of seduction.

[@KenVic02]

I loved The King's Man...saw it a couple weeks ago. I could have sworn Rasputin was played by Peter Stormare. He looked and sounded just like him. But it was Welsh actor Rhys Ifans, who I'm not familiar with. Same guy who was Hugh Grant's deeebie roommate in Notting Hill. Mind blown. Thanks for covering this, Chris...fascinating person.

[@davidwood8730]

This video makes me realize how lucky the U.S. has been to have had some of the leaders we have had. Imagine if Rasputin or Stalin had been American.

[@stephenelberfeld8175]

It's weird that Rasputin was born within a few months of when my grandfather was born. My grandfather was a Unitarian minister, and was constantly having to move to a different parish. From Illinois to East Boston and New York to New Hampshire The constantly changing attitude toward the German last name and the his advocacy and coaching of sports would get him into trouble with parishioners.

[@ilyaskhanhasanoff]

You should react to Krauts video on the origin of Russian authoritarianism

[@Orocnogu]

I second this.

[@MalevolentSpirit234]

Yeah, in Russia people can be kind with obsessed with religion or the occult, but it seems to be more of a phenomenon with older people. For example my own grandma from my dad's side asked me if I could talk to her dead husband, I was kinda creeped out as a kid... and that was after the Soviet Union.

[@professorwhat2704]

I'd recommend the movie Nicholas and Alexandra for anyone wanting a good film portrayal of Rasputin. Tom Baker, best known for playing the Fourth Doctor on Doctor Who, did an excellent job in the role. As for the case or symptom question, I'd argue both. Alexei's hemophilia was vital in making Rasputin's rise to power possible, but, even if the fall of the Romanov dynasty was already inevitable (I believe it was), I don't think there's any question that he hastened it. Consider that the public image of his involvement with the royal family was so bad that there were vulgar cartoons produced that not only made suggestions about his relationship with the Tsarina, but also the four Grand Duchesses. And of course, the Tsarina being as superstitious as she was allowed him to take on the role he did. A previous fake miracle worker (the Frenchman mentioned at the end of the video) that had been associated with the family had even predicted that they would one day have another friend like him who would speak to them of God. On the bits about Stalin, his mother was dead set on the idea of his becoming a priest, though it was never an idea he cared for at all. And yes, he was Georgian, and his real surname was Dzhugashvili. His Georgian heritage meant that de-Stalinization didn't go over well at all in Georgia, leading to riots in Tbilisi. Finally, I agree with your feelings of sympathy toward Nicholas and Alexandra. I don't think they could have been worse-suited to the roles they held in history, but had they been given the chance to be a "normal" family, I think they would have excelled. I believe they were painfully aware of that, with one good example being what the Tsar said to his wife on the birth of Olga, their first daughter. He said that he was glad that the baby was a girl. As a girl, she belonged to them, but a boy would have belonged to Russia.

[@MomentsInTrading]

TY I’ll check it out.

[@David-fm6go]

Having watched Nicholas and Alexandra dozens of times I strongly recommend it as well. I also recommend reading the book.

[@professorwhat2704]

@@David-fm6go Absolutely. The book is fantastic.

[@Nate.De.Lajas1]

I know this can't be historically confirmed but as a Catholic, I was taught that he sold his soul. Which is why he came back from his journey more charismatic, which is what lead to his cult like following and eventually how he rose to power.

[@kevlaw8068]

Thats so interesting about your wifes relation to Thomas more. Im sure you already know, he is venerated as a Saint in the Catholic Church

[@caleblott399]

5:53 This. I wish this could be broadcasted to every person on the planet at least once. This is how you need to treat accounts and documents: even modern accounts and news reports.

[@Kriegter]

The literacy rate in history is pretty interesting you might want to look at Shadiversity's video on the literacy rate of medieval peasants and how they're more literate than we might think

[@phlarb6505]

Some of those photos reminded me of some of the Charles Manson photos. In some of them, he has the same intense stare.

[@noblegas8485]

Just a note on pronunciation In Russian we typically convert the letter H to a G, because we don't have a corresponding sound in our everyday speech. The same is the case for the digraph th, which we pronounce as either a t or an f. We also usually drop suffixes like es and us. Thus that preacher would be known as Germogen, the archbishop as Teofan. The word tsar also doesn't sound like "zar" in Russian, but rather the ts is read pretty much as written, the two sounds merged into one. Surnames in Russian that end in "in" or "ov" get an "a" added at the end when speaking about females - Rasputina, Romanova, etc. Finally, we usually call the wife of a tsar "tsaritsa" rather than "tsarina".

[@theangrybavarian3876]

Scriabin was a very interesting guy, and the whole "end of the world by music" thing is legit. His unfinished work Mysterium was supposed to be: "requiring special people, special artists and a completely new culture. The cast of performers includes an orchestra, a large mixed choir, an instrument with visual effects, dancers, a procession, incense, and rhythmic textural articulation. The cathedral in which it will take place will not be of one single type of stone but will continually change with the atmosphere and motion of the Mysterium. This will be done with the aid of mists and lights, which will modify the architectural contours. Scriabin intended the performance to be in the foothills of the Himalayas in India, a week-long event that would be followed by the end of the world and the replacement of the human race with "nobler beings". so yeah...his piano works are quite nice.

[@GLXYShift]

I just rewatched your reaction to WatchMojos Top 10 worst decisions in history and I thought of something more interesting and possibly harder to come up with. The idea is a Top 10 list of the most influential and difficult decisions made by US presidents (Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclomation, Truman and Dropping Nukes on Japan, etc.)

[@CaptainKillroy]

Rasputin is one of those people I've heard on how he died but Ive had to double check the source.

[@ayegaming14]

the killers wont be a very good fact source they do not want to be put in a bad light i am just saying this in general

[@kamalindsey]

Look at one of his descendants, Maria Rasputin, she inherited his eyes. You can see they are quite piercing even in B&W fotos.

[@iTz_Plewtoe]

I have to say, the Russian history is pretty dang fascinating.

[@stephenparker6362]

That was fascinating I knew very little about Rasputin's early life or how he reached the position of influence he had. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

[@peterkwolek2265]

King'sman Rasputin was epic, that fight scene was intense.

[@erichvondonitz5325]

Ngl I kinda sympathize to the Empress

[@michaelbeckman2656]

I'm a big history buff I like learning about the Russian revolution

[@thomas8190]

You should check out the Netflix serie 'the last czars' it's a really good series about the russian revolution

[@ntfoperative9432]

There lived a certain man, in Russia long ago

[@nameless5512]

Rasputin: **Gives someone a wide eyed death stare** Nobleman/woman: ._.’ **Single drop of sweat** Rasputin: **Laughs and shakes their hand** “I see now. Good to meet you” Nobleman/woman: “Y-yeah, likewise-“ ._.

[@AlexKS1992]

There was a guy that had a look where he would just stare into your soul and like Rasputin he made history. His name was Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternburg except the Baron was a terrifying man.

[@junesilvermanb2979]

SAINT Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, please pray for me, a sinner...

[@beslim15]

Alexandra grew up very sheltered. She was shy and quiet and was really more naïve than most others in Royal circles. She grew up without a mother so she lacked that nurturing and education in childhood. She was not well liked by Russian Aristocracy before she married Nicholas. If Alexander III lived longer, Nicholas may have married someone else.

[@lunki5559]

I really liked how you researched things during the video, for example showing the literacy rate in Russia or the pictures of Rasputin's eyes. Great video!

[@kyleshiflet9952]

I love the 1960s movie Rasputin the Mad Monk its really inaccurate but it's still a fun movie staring the late great Christopher Lee

[@drexmartell9803]

Let's just be glad that Scriabin didn't use an E major at the end of his last symphony. Phew dodged an apocalyptic bullet there!

[@Morti769]

Kinda reminds me of charles manson

[@DiegoMartinez-Legolu1vs]

Hey chris please react to sabaton smoking snakes it's about 3 Brazilian troops against a German machine gun.

[@haraldschuster3067]

11:20 - The idea of "[Domine] non sum dignus" is *very* old and has less to do with identifying with Jesus but a level of self-hatred and self-depracation that is quite common and heartily supported by the church. Telling people they are not worth God's mercy is a "neat" psychological trick. So self-flaggelation and other methods (like wearing thorny rose stems wrapped around your thighs during a pilgrimage) are less methods to identify or honor Jesus but means to make themselves more worthy in the eye of God. So it's less a worship of someone else than a means to self-elevate themselves. The Puritan's hate of music, dance and suchlike and embrace of misery is along those same lines.

[@ThatTreyGuy]

Apparently you're my cousin. Watched the video on Charles' trial where you said Oliver Cromwell is your 11th uncle. He's my 11th great grandfather

[@Histography1453]

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the Bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar But the kazachok he danced really wunderbar In all affairs of state he was the man to please But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze For the queen he was no wheeler dealer Though she'd heard the things he'd done She believed he was a holy healer Who would heal her son Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on But when his drinking and lusting And his hunger for power Became known to more and more people The demands to do something About this outrageous man Became louder and louder Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey "This man's just got to go", declared his enemies But the ladies begged, "Don't you try to do it, please" No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms Though he was a brute, they just fell into his arms Then one night some men of higher standing Set a trap, they're not to blame "Come to visit us", they kept demanding And he really came Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen They put some poison into his wine Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine He drank it all and said, "I feel fine" Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen They didn't quit, they wanted his head Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine And so they shot him 'til he was dead Oh, those Russians

[@haraldschuster3067]

07:40 - The issue with this graph is that it only lists modern, existing countries. Prussia, to name but one, had a common *obligation* to go to school which dates back to 1717. Prussian literacy rate has been in the 80%+ at the time in question. And I'm sure other countries had a high rate as well. They just don't show up in the graph because they no longer exist under that name or in that form. Russia, on the other hand, with its huge army of serfs, has been about 50 years behind the west at that time.

[@MiraPacku]

all I know about Rasputin is from the song "Love The Way You Move Funk Overload"

[@Davanthall]

I liked when they tried to turn this guy into Jafar and Maleficent’s love child…. that was..weird…

[@iTz_Plewtoe]

Sounds like that composer found the “Brown Note.” Like if you know the reference.

[@geekphilosophy4258]

lmao how different the world would be if Hitler hadn't been kicked out of art college and Stalin out of the seminary.

[@cggc9510]

I've always thought his eyes were creepy. Like they were staring into soul with an attempt to slowly torture me to death from within.

[@gamelandmaster3680]

Funny that Rasputin have Putin in it’s name. So I guess Putin is a Rasputin that doesn’t eat raspberries.

[@Yaboi27]

Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on

[@robhowell8783]

The only time I've heard of a hair shirt is from another famous Russian, Ivan the Terrible

[@crazymusicchick]

Learnt basic stuff on rasputin in yr12 history I think senior yr in America, 12 yrs ago

[@alexandram7595]

New pateron supporter! Wow I am from Texas and had no idea about the Waco incident.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Yeah it was probably before your time, but it was a huge thing in the news at the time...and thank you!

[@f3nn3lgaming]

There was a certain man, in Russia long ago. He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow.

[@cragnamorra]

Obviously Rasputin carried the vote. Which is cool...good video! But hopefully this doesn't mean we won't also eventually get to DB Coop and the Marshals (cool band name?) in the future.

[@spencersholden]

Seeing photos of Rasputin is terrifying. He’s eyes are like that of a madman.

[@DDlambchop43]

I dunno, I always thought he looked like Bela Lugosi, or Tom Baker (not a surprise, since he played Rasputin in a movie)

[@shathriel]

So, the wrong person in the wrong place at the wrong time he he

[@brendenbaxter3269]

I swear he did this one already! Cool though but that blew my mind for some reason.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Touched on his story a bit in the Epic Rap Battle and also in the Russian Revolution Oversimplified.

[@bertmustin]

Tsarina Alexandra was the daughter Princess Alice the second oldest daughter of Queen Victoria. Sadly Princess Alice died age 35 of diphtheria along with her daughter Marie.

[@navajoguy8102]

6:53 Kit Carson the famed mountainman was also illiterate. Which was something he was always insecure about. His own soldiers took advantage of that when they realized he was illiterate when they noticed how he would sign dispatches without actually reading them. They began making orders for whiskey and would pass them to Carson telling him it was for something else. Carson sure enough would approve those supply orders and whiskey would be delivered. Carson would later confront his men and quarter master only to be shown that those whiskey requisitions had his mark on them. I can only imagine what his embarrassment was like. If it seems like I'm amused by Carson's embarrassment its probably because I'm a Navajo.

[@IssaFram]

Go blue!

[@leonilliann]

Since you referenced "The King's Man", I think a more apt movie for Rasputin might be "Nigthmare Alley", also from 2021. If you haven't seen it, check it out and maybe recall Rasputin while watching it.

[@samrevlej9331]

Great idea! For the next reactions, since you've looked at Kings and Generals' incomplete series on the Viking invasions of England, i recommend the channel History Time's series on Vikings and Early Medieval England. Here's the link to his channel: kzbin.infovideos And to his Vikings playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL4kqG-CL4ToAxOkJDMUZzP12Lkan6p1WB To his Anglo-Saxon playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL4kqG-CL4ToBW0Dhs1zBk3UmuCdoK23Ww

[@hushboy1550]

Please play some video games! I'm sure you might the civilisation series!

[@backseatgamer7367]

Soo what you're saying an English Officer can kill a horse or a clergyman with his side arm??? Lol

[@secondscribe]

If you're okay with some crude humor, there is a podcast called 'Last Podcast on the Left' that has an amazing multi part series on this guy. Lots of info that really fills out this story, though they acknowledge the dubiousness of many of the sources. Definitely worth a listen.

[@Danielle-mg5lf]

𝖨𝗍𝗌 𝖺 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗍e

[@Cloudedmemory]

Perhaps they'll get into this more in the next video but that last part that they kind of just glossed over about having to send away their French mystic spiritual advisor several years ago I believe is almost if not just as important with Rasputin being able to ingratiate himself with the family as Alexei having hemophilia was. His name was Philippe Nizier-Vachot, and in an interview Helen Rappaport did for a podcast about Rasputin (she's written quite a few books about the late Romanov family) she recounts that after the Czarina dismisses him he's basically like no hard feelings another will come (a faith healer/mystic) to take my place. And after Alexandra finally has a boy she feels kind of guilty over succumbing to pressure to send Philippe away. So, this whole ordeal with Philippe and what he tells her kind of lays the ground work for why she's so adamant about not wanting to dismiss Rasputin when people start to complain about him as well.

[@fintech8445]

great vid i can hear background music

[@peterkwolek2265]

I get a bit more entertainment from Oversimplified, but Extra definitely takes the cake in terms of # of subjects covered.

[@Skittlz444]

Conflux, now that's a word of the day

[@J_Halcyon]

Wait, the series? I was voting for their April Fools Rasputin video! XD

[@backseatgamer7367]

You sound like you like flagglajets

[@yesiamawildflower]

The actor who played him in The Kings Man was spot on in looks! Although I think they made him kind of silly. What a fascinating story though!

[@destolfe]

After these episodes, you are going to have to review the April Fools song he mentioned in the video! It is hilarious! (it is short, about 4 minutes.)

[@mcwildstyle9106]

Rasputin has got to be one of the most interesting characters in Russian history, especially his death. I mean they poisoned this guy, shot him three times when the poison didn't work, beaten to death with a dumbbell and then thrown into the freezing cold water. Only then after he was thrown into the river he actually died. That's insane

[@Deadpool-fz2pt]

Wrong it starts when you are younger the difference is that you don’t do something you wanted to do because you decide you can’t

[@philipscalf9147]

I never knew there so many other mystics and cultists around the Russian royal court at the time. I figured that was part of the reason why he stood out.

[@epicshadowdemon1211]

Im very excited about this series hope you'll like it just as much as me and others. They always have a Lies episode after the main series explaining, debunking or adding to the myths and mistakes on which they made in their episode.

[@CristinaMarshal]

Just as I start a Play on Him. Rasputin. This appears. Timing too good.

[@Sunprayer]

I was going to a Russian school when I was a kid and we learned a little bit about Rasputin, mostly that he had a lot of influence over a royal family. But a lot of nobles saw him for what he really was, but they couldn't do anything about it, since he aleegedly saved an heir to the throne he had all protection in the world

[@prins1of1death]

A man shrouded in mystery and almost every one knows him none the less. I like the depiction of him in The last Czars.

[@sentenced03]

now I want to listen to the band turisas cover of Rasputin (it's an amazing cover)

[@adj_ustment]

He scares the poop out of me. I'd run the other way. He is very creepy looking.

[@The_Charlatan]

3:12 oh my gosh! I have been dying to hear you talk about that movie. I thought the same thing. Could you do a full breakdown of the movie?

[@ayegaming14]

the legs they draw make the shackles useless

[@ubiergo1978]

He's right, that song slaps all =P

[@calebwinfield1403]

Out of all the stuff I remember from high school, the story of Rasputin is one that I remember better than anything else.

[@ValerietheLovelyDeadlyItalian]

a certain man, in Russia long ago...

[@JC-io6tf]

15:35 Waco actually took place in elk 🫎

[@Kuronosa]

There's a bit of a reverb in the start.

[@reygonzalez4719]

You should do the April Fool's video they have of Rasputin as well just for a laugh

[@stargirl2477]

I think part of the reason we strangely keep these figures that could have been the best leader of their time is like you said, that question "what if they chose to do this instead of what they actually did." I think we all have a moment like that in our daily life.

[@riantojosevalentin530]

Ra Ra Rasputin

[@stevenmullens511]

Rasputin's daughter left Russia and died in California and is buried near LA.