Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin\xa0(/r\xe6\u02c8spju\u02d0t\u026an/;[1]\xa0Russian:\xa0\u0413\u0440\u0438\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u0415\u0444\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u0420\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0443\u0442\u0438\u043d\xa0[\u0261r\u02b2\u026a\u02c8\u0261or\u02b2\u026aj j\u026a\u02c8f\u02b2im\u0259v\u02b2\u026at\u0255 r\u0250\u02c8sput\u02b2\u026an]; 21 January\xa0[O.S.\xa09 January]\xa01869\xa0\u2013 30 December\xa0[O.S.\xa017 December]\xa01916) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Emperor\xa0Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late\xa0imperial Russia.
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