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The Story of Rasputin Follow the story from the mind of one of history's most enigmatic characters as Rasputin describes in his own words his journey from his birth in a remote Siberian village to a seat beside Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra of Russia. This was a turbulent period in Russia's fascinating history, when inhuman economic conditions in Russia gave birth to the rise of the Bolsheviks and the fabric of Russia was torn apart. The unrest at home combined with the advent of World War I to tip the scales of power and overthrow the last of the Russian Tsars. The Russian Revolution had begun, fueled by Rasputin's direct and often intimate influence on the Tsar and his ministers. Join Grigori Efimovich Rasputin as he takes you into the world of the last of the Russian Tsars.