Grigori Rasputin was a Russian peasant who claimed to have mystic healing powers, and he even went so far as to say he was the second coming of Christ. He formed his own cult, and even manipulated the members of the royal Romanov family into believing he truly was a holy man.
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Source/Further reading:
https://archive.org/stream/madmonkofrussiai00trufuoft#mode/2up
https://books.google.com/books?id=MAFZCAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT375&dq=Rudolf%20Lacher&pg=PT375#v=onepage&q=Rasputin&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=kI6sMBG9uuQC&lpg=PP1&dq=last%20day%20of%20the%20romanovs&pg=PT109#v=snippet&q=Rasputin&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=LxNmDQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA678&dq=disciple%20of%20rasputin%20olga%20lokhtina&pg=PA72#v=onepage&q=olga%20lokhtina&f=false
https://mashable.com/2016/12/17/exiles-convicts-siberia/#3YTWnSKTpkq5
https://mne.today/2017/11/princess-milica-anastasia-montenegro/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP5C59QTuKI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Trufanov
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rasputin-was-poisoned-shot-beaten-and-drowned-but-did-his-penis-survive