Are There Any Rasputins Left?

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SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Rasputin: The Untold Story: www.amazon.co.uk/Rasputin-Unt...
Rasputin Was No Love Machine: www.independent.co.uk/news/ras...
Retrobituaries: Rasputin’s Daughter: mentalfloss.com/article/69238/...
Favourite Daughter of Grigori Rasputin, Maria: allrus.me/favorite-daughter-gr...
Maria Rasputin on Find a Grave: secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin...
Rasputin Descendant looks for the truth: www.upi.com/Rasputin-descenda...
Rasputin by Boney M: • Video
PHOTO SOURCES
Classroom: Terri Heisele
Ice: Bethany Carlson
Road: Brad Harrison
Vodka: Iehel Mor
Horse: John Evans
"Spellbound"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@NameExplain]

A lot of the information for this video came from the really interesting book "Rasputin: The Untold Story" and a lot of my butchered pronunciations were from the audiobook version. Go check it out! www.amazon.co.uk/Rasputin-Untold-Joseph-T-Fuhrmann/dp/1118172760 And that's not one of those affiliate links, I'm too lazy and computer illiterate to understand how to do that.

[@Alakarin]

Nice try "Name explain"! I am not going to click that link. You are obviously a bot trying to scam me... I'm kidding

[@myballzich3270]

Name Explain Ra Ra Rasputin

[@abrarmuhtasiim6612]

What about Vladimir Putin?

[@blake_r0132]

he is not a monk, didn't stay at the monastery long enough

[@danielo4561]

Are you planning on doing one on the Mussolini’s

[@Ghipoli]

Well considering his sexual life I'm assuming there are like a billion by now.

[@brunor.1127]

There are more gengis khan

[@threeretardz2964]

zillion*

[@backtothefutureman1]

Three Retardz zillion is not a real number

[@lordofdarkdudes]

"thats cute" Ghengisk khan

[@blitzkrieg2928]

gengis khan's dad : that's cute son

[@ARTexplains]

"After being attacked by a bear, however..." Well, that's an unexpected twist!

[@Nikolaj11]

I thought it was something all Russians experience eventually. Well, at least the attack, not necessarily surviving.

[@kaiserwilhelm3933]

A BEAR?! RUSSIANS AND BEARS?! Didn't see that coming. She should have been as overpowered as Putin. Rasputin and Putin sound similair, but they clearly aren't. Vladimir the Greatest is invincible. And Emperor Xi Jinping of the Great Xi.

[@edgyboi971]

it'll be your own pets

[@mr.personhumanson6871]

He was talking about a big hairy gay guy, probably

[@Kaiwala]

RA RA RASPUTIN RUSSIAS GREATEST LOVE MACHINE

[@MegaMementoMori]

There is a rumour that Rasputin's son did indeed survive long enough to have a son of his own named Vladimir, who dropped that ridiculous "Ras" part of his surname.

[@dams6829]

MegaMementoMori Vladimir eh?

[@andreidorian9013]

Vladimir Putin's grandfather was Ivsnovich Putin and was, probably, from Moldavia ;)

[@deltoroperdedor3166]

Ceașcă ` that would make him the most sober Moldavian in existence

[@andreidorian9013]

DelToro Perdedor :))))

[@takeyourdamnmeds]

MegaMementoMori pootin

[@KING-bt1tm]

Rasputin never died. He just took ‘Ras’ out of his name.

[@mr.nuggem8052]

lol

[@iKrivetko]

Russian language will never recover from this butchery. Great vid as always though!

[@cOmAtOrAn]

If you think that's bad, turn on the auto-generated captions.

[@joelsmith3473]

Not to kind to English, either. e.g. great-grandfavfah, dey moved to, nineteen-firty-free, myffs & legends

[@dimitriosdaratzikis4600]

it's dimitri

[@sejn195]

Hail Giratina The true god REST IN PELMENI

[@xjbmi1695]

Joel Smith not all Russians say those words like that. My mother and I sure don't .

[@mchobbit2951]

Him being known as Gregori Efenovich has nothing to do with his last name being "considered a burden". It's very common to call Russians by their first name and patronymic.

[@sheacorduroy5565]

To quote Nikolai, “Who are you, ******* Rasputin? Stay dead this time!”

[@Perririri]

BLYAT Rasputin!

[@mcgelloe]

In Russian, the letter 'o' is very often pronounced 'a', especially when it's the first vowel of the word. So it's no surprise that Rosputin turned into Rasputin because that's very likely how it was always pronounced

[@nonameuserua]

In central (western) dialect of russian yes, yet in Siberian old-believer one those letters were pronounced differently. The spelling must have been changed due to the official norm of writing the prefix ras/raz- with an A The name itself most likely derived from the word ‘rasputye’ (‘ras’ apart, ‘put’ way, ‘ye’ abstract suffix) parting of the ways. Can be a certain hamlet on a crossroad. But allegedly, his original name was Novykh (‘of the new ones’) and was changed due to the metaphorical meaning of ‘rasputye’ as debauchery

[@MartyFox]

Ra ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen? There is a name that really is gone.

[@CaptainDecimus]

No, he's reflecting on the fact the last name Rasputin is extinct.

[@connorfox3090]

Marty Fox wrong lyrics

[@CaptainDecimus]

...

[@benhur6211]

Does anyone know the real lyrics lol

[@williamallen8346]

Ben Hur r/woooosh

[@floppacultist954]

Rasputin is still alive and today he works as the president of the Russian federation after a name change

[@TheTimoprimo]

Rivers Did Putin actually have a beard before? If he did, the joke might work.

[@catherinefroese1575]

Rivers did he have a sex change to go with the name change

[@cresaliacres7756]

Rivers oml XD

[@cunningfox450]

TheTimoprimo ,

[@f1krq340]

Valadimir Ras-Putin

[@drperson12]

Next you should either make "Are There Any Lenins Left?" or "Are There Any Mussolinis Left?"

[@sowietdoge6259]

There is a Mussolini left, a girl. She leads a far right party in Italian politics if I recall.

[@sowietdoge6259]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandra_Mussolini She was a part of the Italian Social Movement, a protofascist organisation before she began to move further centre and is now in Forza Italia, a centre right party.

[@firepower7017]

Setsuko Momoka The Soviets are a disgrace to Communism itself and if Marx seen what Lenin and Stalin had done he would look the other way because it was a scam,fraud,trick, Lenin and Stalin only used Communism for a way of power so they could feed their psychopathic minds by killing and killing did the fake Communism did not only did it have a total of 100 million deaths but most of it goes to citizens heck you are less likely to catch Smallpox and during the 1950s still Communism had killed more which is funny because you are shot more often than sick. Also how Lenin's Communist Belief is different than Marx's is because he added Fear and Isolation the two worst add-ons to a system that might work and what had it caused was hell Forever so if Lenin had followed Marx's ways Communism would have lived

[@eatass1332]

Setsuko Momoka yes there is

[@TheTimoprimo]

Fire Power701 Communism was also set to take off in Germany, not the Russian Empire.

[@TheAnubis57]

Who would ever thunk that one of the daughters of Rasputin would live out her life in California !

[@andreipristavu8170]

Are there any Romanovs left?

[@thenewcaesar2668]

Diana Pristavu yes

[@mr.dr.genius2169]

Diana Pristavu I think no.

[@IceFireTerry]

Anastasia XD

[@thenewcaesar2668]

Terry Carr myth

[@brazauskas2073]

Yes, a lot. But none are from the main (Alexandrovich) line.

[@calebc365]

Suggestion- are there any Bismarcks left as in Otto Von Bismarck

[@aleksandarnikolovski9518]

Challenger 365 There is one on the bottom of the Atlantic xD

[@calebc365]

Haha i mean the person, but good joke

[@yuhangwang-bv2cf]

In the netherlands there are like honderds off them

[@freyamccullough8326]

Yeah, they're still around. Otto's great-great-grandson Carl-Eduard von Bismarck served in the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union. Carl Eduard's sister, Vanessa, runs a PR firm in New York City. Here's the website www.bpcm.com/about-bpcm.html

[@mmestari]

Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen had drug-fueled gay orgies, where people died, until he also eventually died of cocaine overdose.

[@lewiskid7778]

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 cassock 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 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

[@CR-vb6eq]

Keith Scott Damn I sang that in my head...

[@lexfacitregem]

Bizzare coincidence between Rasputin and Boney M: Bobby Farrell died on the exact same date and exact same city as Rasputin did (Bobby died on 30 December in St. Petersburg, Russia.... just like Rasputin). I've always found that fascinating!

[@Creeper_123]

lexfacitregem so he sang a song about Rasputin and died on the same day, in the *EXACT* same city, as him? I don’t think this is a coincidence.

[@lexfacitregem]

DiamondCreeper: I don't think it was a coincidence either...some say that it was his way of giving his post-mortem disapproval of Boney M.... but I disagree..... maybe he just wanted to snatch Bobby Farrell from the moral plane so as to allow him to perform 'Rasputin' in the afterlife .... perhaps in order to irritate Prince Yusupov??

[@reshmamamtani]

@@Creeper_123 he didn't sing the song

[@fernandopaiva3010]

That smooth rendition of Rasputin at the beginning tho...

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687]

Why Netherlands call their people as Dutch instead of Netherlanders? THIS IS MY 51ST PETITION!!!

[@-haclong2366]

I thought that he already briefly covered it when talking about the Amish. It's actually quite interesting.

[@julio1116]

History with hilbert did a video about that

[@denethweerasinghe4523]

The Dutch actually call themselves "Nederlands"

[@ramses3445]

Not sure, but I think in English the terms ''Netherlanders'' and ''Netherlandish'' are correct as well, but almost never used.

[@imperialcrusader2647]

Because a miss translation of Deutsch which turned into Dutch.

[@scythal]

Fun fact: The word "Ras" sounds similar to "Raz", which is the spelling for "One". If you split the name "Rasputin" into "Ras" and "Putin", you could likely call "Rasputin" as "One Putin"

[@ZACHANDJACKSZACHSMAFIA]

I almost disliked just for the pfp but stopped and kept the like on it for you needing it -JACK WILL GIVE YOU HOPE BOY

[@jovanweismiller7114]

Surely you know that Efimovich was his patronymic, and that all Russians have them, even if their father's name is not typically Russian. An example would be the author Valentin Arnoldevich Tomberg.

[@RanmaruRei]

Yes. Also, one more example: Irina Mutsuovna Hakamada. She's a Russian politician and a Japanese descendant. Her father is Mutsuo Hakamada, obviously.

[@ZACHANDJACKSZACHSMAFIA]

Arnold is a russian name? Huh guess Austria caught that one too? -JACK

[@jackmorgan0]

Cool moustache, Wario

[@-XTD-]

Is that an ERB reference?

[@jackmorgan0]

Midget Clone indeed it is

[@-XTD-]

Fuckin' sweet

[@thechannel8850]

Try messing with the mad monk, you'll be sorry, yo

[@uhhhyeag20]

Hylian Raichu how many dictators does it take to turn an empire into a union of ruinous states

[@funkmasterflex953]

My great grandfather was Alexander sharkow he was the top honer guard of czar Nicholas ll and I believe at least knew Rasputin mutually so I have great respect for Rasputin

[@tashmay]

Imagine being one of his great-grandchildren and seeing a song about your great-grandfather turned into a meme

[@aditisk99]

And seeing more and more people learning about him through song like me.

[@edwardg3196]

Love these videos

[@lewatoaofair2522]

"Russian King & Queen." *Tsar and Tsaress.

[@overseer7492]

Centaur Man15 it's actually Tsarina

[@martinsriber7760]

Russian Imperators held titles of Tsar. Among other things they were Tsars of Kazan for example.

[@imperialcrusader2647]

Andi CRIMSON tsar and tsarina is the Russian form of Caesar which means emperor. Both kaiser and tsar come from Caesar.

[@schuylerleithulfr788]

Korol or Koroleva.

[@user-dx5bn4yk4f]

Tsarina, wtf

[@tubolocossmaximu]

love your channel bro please never die

[@figeon]

Could you do a video like this about the Romanov Tsar dynasty? They were executed in 1918 after being exiled (as most of you know). But what some don't know is that a lot of the Romanov's extended family fled to Crimea. Are there any descendants of the Romanov alive today? Being a relative of the dynasty that ruled Russia for 300 years should be pretty cool.

[@edra2005]

Usefelcharts has a romanov family tree

[@Casteray]

LOL! I was surprised how you sang the lyrics at the start

[@mcbeclips7899]

god i loved you starting the video by singing the song

[@79treefrog]

"...Is taught in classes throughout the world." As an American, I can say we don't even mumble the word "Russia" in school. All about 'Murica, you know?

[@sejn195]

Similar to what they teach in Serbia, all about Serbian/slavic history.

[@coltonmoore9130]

I've had history classes that talk a lot about russia

[@unclejoeoakland]

@@coltonmoore9130 dude what was your school district? Fucking envious here. My mid school didn't even get into the war of 1812. Just kinda artfully glossed right over it. War losing is embarrassing i guess.

[@Grave_of_the_sea]

I live in South Africa and until I was 14 I didn't even know of most American history only knew of ofcourse the Civil War

[@gozel1234]

Hahah the pronunciation is just HILARIOUS!! 😂😂

[@shoelesblondlady]

At Starbucks when they ask my name I tell them rasputin. One time the girl asked how many o's there were

[@Pangloss6413]

are there any gangagoos lefts?

[@benhawkes2752]

I now have the violin part of Rasputin in my head fml

[@boldeagle2659]

She was attacked by a bear and she lived. If anyone had thoughts of her not being Grigory's daughter, that is the proof

[@aditisk99]

Exactly 😁

[@captus2975]

Rasputin was also known as "Father Grigori" which is probably where the famous monk from Half-Life 2 got his name

[@justtime3027]

Ra ra Rasputin Russia ‘s Greatest Love Machine! But it’s sad how he had carried on! Edit: Stop arguing the Telly says it differently ok mates?Even the radio does it so I’m confused as hell.

[@denisenova7494]

love machine!

[@jacklalor3672]

*love machine

[@kibryhouse505]

Thunderbolt 9000 you said most of it wrong

[@privatetrash2810]

*Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried ooooooooon

[@matthewwinters5430]

This is so incorrect

[@shpilbass5743]

I remember there was a question of the week in each video

[@centurionfox3827]

Good luck to you all

[@jayare2620]

Maria is featured on the back of a 1930s Wheaties Cereal Box as part of a set of Circus Performers.

[@bijeY2K]

Nice reference in the beginning.

[@angusyang5917]

IT'S NOT KING AND QUEEN IT'S TSAR AND TSARITSA!

[@ldblokland463]

This may sound like me being an asshole. But you misspelled Tsarina

[@tashanicholson8071]

It’s Czarina not tsaritsa

[@jeromeclemente3672]

You the the "Lastputin?" kthnxbye

[@familyguyfan4208]

did you have a seizure when you typed this?

[@Osiris2134]

Rasputin’s parents got lazy with naming his siblings, and wher just like, meh, let’s just name more then half of them Evdoka and Andre!

[@v4l3nt1nn]

helloo!! can you make a video about the names of the sailing flags?? (or spelling in navigation) for example: A - Alfa, B - bravo etc..

[@ThomasBolt]

Fun fact: Sir Christopher Lee played Rasputin, and actually met Maria Rasputin herself not long before she died. He also knew the two men who killed him.

[@inconickuous547]

Oh, those easter eggs!

[@johnfletcher9410]

Very good

[@lukezuzga6460]

Name Explain, thank you for not just rehashing all the ways he was "killed."

[@kixxxo69]

"...are tought in history classes all over the world" mhm, never heard of him in any german history lessons lul

[@nickhall3906]

What’s the music in the background it sounds cool btw nice video on Rasputin

[@coweatsman]

"Efim". What a great name. What a great attitude. Just Efim.

[@itztarikx4311]

How to know Rasputin: Listen To Rasputin

[@Jojojoeyx3]

The thumbnail is scarily accurate and kinda plain scary

[@canislunaticus]

They never told us about rasputin at school. I just heard about him from the song

[@lostandalive8981]

When I heard Maria's daughter had children, I was scared they might have died and the Rasputins would've came to an end.

[@urmomsbestfriend]

Believe it or not, but I grew up in a city near Pokrovskoye. Just 85 km away.

[@omaralsaadi1751]

Can you please make an episode about the Romanovs and another one about the Ottoman Dynasty?

[@mackenzieloffler8172]

Can you please do a video explaining why places have such similar names and why places just add new to the start because my best friend doesn't understand

[@h3nder]

New was because when people discovered these places they weren't creative. For example,NY was called New Amsterdam for a while because the dutch found it.

[@henryporter9910]

Please can you do any mozarts that are still left

[@cfrandre8319]

Henry Porter Mozart died without having any children, anywhere, except the music he wrote

[@fengkorberfer]

Name Explain, did you get your background music from Secureteam10?

[@MrAztek]

He was so great a American made a song about it and then preformed it in Moscow!

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

Can you do a video about why a the name of region of North Central Asia is only one letter off from the name of the Southwest of Europe? (namely Siberia vs. Iberia)

[@llla_german_ewoklll6413]

Got my funk boots on for this.

[@spdprawcereal7181]

Yooooooooooooooo. Rasputin had a weird looking 'pickle'

[@TomorrowWeLive]

As soon as you did that intro I had to stop and listen to the song again dammit

[@cfrandre8319]

How about the Habsburg descendents? (Also spelled “Hapsburg”)

[@richardnixon2445]

Could you do one over the Tolkien family

[@ethankoca8592]

omg i learned about rasputin at school today!

[@clogcandy]

oh so many boney M references. Love it

[@katieb2098]

I didnt have anything about him in history class thanks bonnie m

[@arianamontoya3535]

Can you do one for the Romanovs?

[@thatretrocattt]

What about the last Mercury (or Bulsara).

[@cfrandre8319]

Freddy had a sister, but I don’t think he had any brothers...

[@harold_Shitmum]

I can hear secureteam10 in the background and keep expecting aliens!

[@TheMrGameszocker]

In russian o's often are pronouced as a's. In some dialects more than in others. Similar to the great vowel change in English. So that explains the rosputin/rasputin thing.

[@cresaliacres7756]

I haven't been taught about it in history. when do you learn it? I only know about it because my musical is the Disney version of anastasia. XD

[@omaralsaadi1751]

can you make an episode about the Romanov family??

[@matthiascorvin272]

Rasputin never died he just took Ras out of his name and shaved his hait

[@Tailikku1]

In the dark of the night I was tossing and turning And the nightmare I had was bad as can be It scared me out of my wits A corpse falling to bits! And I opened my eyes and the nightmare was ME!

[@assumingpineapple8182]

can you do the last mad jack pls. Edit. he was a British soldier who use a bow and sword in ww2

[@darthguilder1923]

Now there was a cat that really was gone.

[@cocomonglover]

Rasputin looks creepy

[@h3nder]

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

[@andythehermit3918]

Not king and queen more like emperor and empress

[@ldblokland463]

More like tsar and tsarina

[@DukeofWrexham]

That thumbnail was terrifying

[@michaelbaker6789]

I can't find any source that says Rasputin went by Efimovich as Rasputin was considered a.. "burden" in the Russian Capital. I'm not sure I even heard the statement right, and Closed Captions didn't clear it up for me either, it says "a burden" but also I can hear "above him" and sometimes "a bourbon". Wikipedia states that Yefimovich is the name he takes in a Slavic tradition of incorporating your father's name as one of your names, called a patronymic. I have some sources claiming the name seems to be indicative of bad character, as it can mean "dissolute" and that's bad for some reason. I'd really like some clarification as this is a factoid I can't find at all and it seems that going by a patronym is for all intents and purposes consistent in the russian naming conventions of the time. Rasputin going by his family name for his notoriety seems rather unusual to me, as that's just one of his three names and is the one that applies to his whole family, but I guess it makes sense in the context of famous people (when I say Bush usually that means I'm talking about 'dubya', the former president of the U.S., Trump refers to the Don, "Drumpf", or a hearthstone player)

[@jacobwilson376]

Im relative of the Romanov family through Catherine the Great on my granmothers-side of my fathers-side

[@vivelafrance6314]

And he looks like John Wick! XD

[@lulubunnie7174]

I laughed when he started singing the lyrics of Rasputin by Boney M😆

[@champ6327]

i have never heard of anybody called rasputin but i have heard the song few times but never knew the name and didn't care about it and now i found the rasputin song and i just putted this on my watch later because... WELL i actually don't know myself why i putted it in watch later..

[@lordgdvei]

“My name is Father Grigori. I see you have met my... congregation!”

[@moenantonio]

I can see the thing about the A and the O in his name, in the russian language, a is pronounced like an A, but the O is sometimes pronounced like an O and sometimes like an A

[@danielbickford3458]

In the dark of the night I was tossing and turning...

[@krisw1852]

I saw a grave with the name Rasputin on it once

[@whenindoubtgrenadeout]

Amen 🎉

[@paulpetroff9856]

so whats links to Petroff name and Rasputin if may ask?

[@rossstrachan4175]

Unstressed 'o' in Russian is pronounced 'a'. This could account for the spelling mistake when his name was recorded outside of his home town.

[@MrNazir10]

Was never taught about him lol, I only heard the song

[@DiscreetHobo]

The 1st few lines are a reference to the 1st few lines of Rasputin by Boney M

[@Nik-nc4xb]

Yes. 6,225 by the Seventh of August 2018