What was the first name of Russian monk Rasputin, who befriended Nicholas II and his family?
Grigori Rasputin Grigori Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; ; – ) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia. Born to a peasant family in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye, Tyumen Oblast, Rasputin had a religious conversion experience after taking a pilgrimage to a monastery in 1897. He has been described as a monk or as a "strannik" (wanderer, or pilgrim), though he held no official position in the Russian Orthodox Church. After traveling to St. Petersburg, either in 1903 or
Rasputin the Mad Monk his sister Vanessa (Farmer) is interested in him, Ivan arranges a supposed meeting. However, Zargo has poisoned the wine and chocolates, which the Monk starts to consume. Soon Rasputin collapses, but the poison is not enough to kill him. In the ensuing struggle between the three men, Zargo is stabbed by Rasputin and quickly dies. Ivan manages to throw Rasputin out of the window to his death. A novelization of the film was written by John Burke as part of his 1967 book "The Second Hammer Horror Film Omnibus". Rasputin the Mad Monk Rasputin, the Mad Monk is a 1966