Was Grigori Rasputin evil

Answer 1

Certainly for a clergyman-Gone-Bad The mad Monk was a dirty middle-aged man. It was rumored he first ran afoul of the Higher ups of the famed Monastery of Mount Athos, which is Greek Orthodox but has other Orthodox clerics in its stagg- he got bounced out of Mt.Athos. IKGB files that have been declassified stated the mad Monk in civil garb, and looking like a 90-day submarine vet!-unshaven, once was caught exposing himself in a neat Moscow restaurant. Aunt Betty- Sister of the Czar and herself of Grand Ducal rank wrote a letter to the Czar and was afraid that the antics of the mad cleric would have a bad effect on the character of the Grand Duchesses, meaning, of course the Four Romanov Girls- She had seen dirty Cartoons poking fun ina sacrilegious way at the Princesses! The only thing worse than hot water from the KGB, pun intended might be CGB_ Clergy Gone bad! Strange Priests or we who never straightly walk, but all aslant through sideways passage stalk- based on the poem (The Bishops) which was not anti-clerical but referring to the Chess Piece. It should be understood that Alexandra was more taken up with Rasputin than any other member of the Royal family, and even Imperial Secret Service men- then IKGB were just itching from orders from above to knock him off, which they did. Rasputin was a bad man, there was a joke the Gregorian Chant- actually a prayerful ritual in the Catholic church, but a pun on his name went- O Beautiful, For Stasia"s Thighs! Sick and dirty man, he had it coming.l : it is looking more and more like the British and their Russian counterparts were very interested in off-ing Rasputin because a)he did not believe in the class system(haves and have-nots), and b)he didn't want Russia go to war with Germany.... : i am paraphrasing here from Wikipedia and the telegraph.co.uk(however, there are many more sources that back up this new evidence). :

: "Now it is claimed that the SIB(British secret service) wanted to kill Rasputin, who was hoping to broker peace between Russia and Germany, because of his influence over the Tsar. The fear, according to Mr Cullen, was that if such a deal had been agreed in 1916, 350,000 German troops would have been freed to fight the Allies on the Western Front." : "Rasputin represented for the Czar the voice of the Russian peasantry. He informed him about "the tears of the life of the Russian people." Rasputin abhorred Russian nobility and declared that class to be of another race, not Russian. : He made a point of humiliating the high and mighty. : On many occasions he took from the rich and gave to the poor."

Answer 2

That really depends on your interpretation of Good and Bad.

Evidence for Bad: Rasputin was a womanizer and a sexual fiend. The man had a massive sexual appetite and often had mass orgies which he (said) believed was removing the sins of those he had sex with. He was also an alcoholic.

Evidence for Good: Rasputin's mystical abilities are extremely strange and do defy scientiffic reason. Rasputin was a horse whisperer and was able to calm startled horses simply with the sound of his voice. He was also a very devout man, and gave many religious hope, namely the Czarina. Rasputin was able to apparently heal Czarovitch Alexei of Hemophelia, which to this day is still puzzling. Also, contrary to popular belief, there is no proof of Rasputin having an affair with the Czarina or poisoning Alexei to fake his healings. Finally, as the Revolution grew closer, Rasputin wrote a letter to Czar Nicholas, who was at the front of the first World War. Rasputin basically told the Czar that that he considered him a friend, and that if Nicholas did not return from the war soon, and tend to state matters, not only would Rasputin die, the Czar and his family would also die. This amazingly came true.