Flashcard sets with a 'rasputin' term meaning 'an uneducated siberian preached (nicknamed rasputin, the degenerate) who claimed to have mysterious healing powers. he could stop the bleeding of czarina alexandra's son--possibly through hypnosis--and was thus able to gain influence in the czar's court, much to the dismay of top ministers and aristocrats, who finally arranged for his murder. the czarina's relationship with rasputin did much to discredit czar nicholas's rule.'

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