Rasputin-Corruption of Power

Rasputin was a wolf in Sheep’s clothing, but the people of Russia, and the royal family would not and could not believe this. Rasputin was the convenient person to take the blame for those who wanted to attack the Tsar's appointments and decisions, but who wouldn't approach Nicholas directly. Still many people got pleasure from seeing Tsarina Alexandra’s named dragged through the mud. Rasputin made things worse by showing off the Royal families gifts, letters and the telephone calls he received from Alexandra asking for his prayers. People believed he had an eerie and/or keen control over the Tsar and his wife. Rasputin enjoyed the celebrity status this reputation gave him. Not everyone had a positive view of Rasputin. "His enemies charged that he was nothing but cynical, and that he used religion to hide his drive for sex, money, and power." There was also general agreement among officials that Rasputin was negatively influencing Alexandra, and in turn affecting the entire country. Rasputin had a sexual relationship with the Czarina and in letters to him she was always calls him 'darling'. Rasputin did not fit in with the Royal Family and he had a very strained relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church.

Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin is has been described as one of the most outragous people in Russian history. A somewhat literate peasant from Siberia, he arrived in the capital of Russia, St. Petersburg, and by the time a few years had passed by he had become one of the most influential men in the Russian government. Rasputin was also known to have raped a nun.