What better way to start an ad-hoc series on Rasputin than with graphic detail of his actual horrific murder – like in a movie where we witness the crime scene and then go back and look at the characters and events.
I feel like I'm attending a class, Julius, in Russian and German history. This is already 180 degrees from what I'd been taught. I'm glad to finally be learning the truth, and hope this generation doesn't need to wait as long as I did.
when I received this email my in-box had exactly 666 unread emails… then the following day Substack disabled my emails (has not restored.) I only “liked” this because there is something to it.
Oh My!! Thanks for taking an interest, Kitten. I now feel a sense of excitement and pressure to prepare the next one in this series. The best will come a little later. I might have to condense things into a package and let readers wander for themselves.
No, but i have just watched a two-minute trailer. It looks like fun - I will seek it out. I will touch upon Iliodor's (Trufanoff) "The Mad Monk" in a future post.
Again, from Maria Rasputin's "My Father":
"The hatred of Illyodore was not confined to Rasputin, but embraced the Empress and the Imperial family in general. He was hostile to her who had been his protectress and who had previously extricated him from the obscurity in which he vegetated. Far from consecrating his retreat to repentance, he employed his leisure in writing against the Imperial family, and against the Empress in particular, an ignoble book that is no more than a collection of infamous calumnies ; and in 1916 he had the audacity to propose to sell his abominable work to the Empress for a sum of 6o,ooo roubles.
The Empress received his proposals with the utmost contempt. Later, Illyodore profited by the disgrace and the death of his benefactors to sell his infamous work to their executioners, and it was published by the Bolshevik Government.
By such dastardly means as these the author sought to fawn upon the new government and also, as soon as he was unfrocked and married, by devoting himself to a furious campaign of propaganda against the clergy."
Well I actually 'enjoyed' that. It was a great lesson in and demonstration of why we should NEVER watch TV or movies. It was about historically accurate as Schindler's List. We didn't even get to see Nicholas!!
I've always been fascinated by Rasputin but most of the writing on him in the main stream seemed concocted, contradictory not right somehow. thanks Julius
I feel like I'm attending a class, Julius, in Russian and German history. This is already 180 degrees from what I'd been taught. I'm glad to finally be learning the truth, and hope this generation doesn't need to wait as long as I did.
Tereza, my compliments in return. We are on tangential and merging paths. This is my little contribution. We let our reading do the talking for us.
Oh boy, that was quite awful :-(
you know there was an autopsy , right? and it was very personal, who ever did it. https://artemisforestfairy.substack.com/publish/posts/detail/143438362?referrer=%2Fpublish%2Fposts
when I received this email my in-box had exactly 666 unread emails… then the following day Substack disabled my emails (has not restored.) I only “liked” this because there is something to it.
Oh My!! Thanks for taking an interest, Kitten. I now feel a sense of excitement and pressure to prepare the next one in this series. The best will come a little later. I might have to condense things into a package and let readers wander for themselves.
I've enjoyed your articles on the Russian royal family and look forward to reading more.
Thank you so much Annette. I never expected to be down this rabbit hole. I am so glad that you find these ‘Notes to Self’ as interesting as I do.
Have you seen the Hammer film with Christopher Lee? Circumvents history, still a good film.
No, but i have just watched a two-minute trailer. It looks like fun - I will seek it out. I will touch upon Iliodor's (Trufanoff) "The Mad Monk" in a future post.
Again, from Maria Rasputin's "My Father":
"The hatred of Illyodore was not confined to Rasputin, but embraced the Empress and the Imperial family in general. He was hostile to her who had been his protectress and who had previously extricated him from the obscurity in which he vegetated. Far from consecrating his retreat to repentance, he employed his leisure in writing against the Imperial family, and against the Empress in particular, an ignoble book that is no more than a collection of infamous calumnies ; and in 1916 he had the audacity to propose to sell his abominable work to the Empress for a sum of 6o,ooo roubles.
The Empress received his proposals with the utmost contempt. Later, Illyodore profited by the disgrace and the death of his benefactors to sell his infamous work to their executioners, and it was published by the Bolshevik Government.
By such dastardly means as these the author sought to fawn upon the new government and also, as soon as he was unfrocked and married, by devoting himself to a furious campaign of propaganda against the clergy."
Trufanoff (Iliodor) – The Mad Monk
https://archive.org/details/madmonkrussiail00ilgoog
Well I actually 'enjoyed' that. It was a great lesson in and demonstration of why we should NEVER watch TV or movies. It was about historically accurate as Schindler's List. We didn't even get to see Nicholas!!
Now look at the door you have opened … at 19 minutes into the film they are playing this melody …
• Stenka Razin (Volga Volga ) Russian Red Army Choir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44wzqWQxHpQ
• The Seekers The Carnival Is Over (1967 In Colour Stereo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ZipKdI1sY
Here is another popular Russian melody you might be recognise
• Тамара Церетели - Дорогой длинною (Those were the days,1925)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjodrgH-gZA
A tale of horror !
Indeed, Joyce. I am sure you will like what I have planned for this Rasputin miniseries.
Looking forward to reading more, Julius
I've always been fascinated by Rasputin but most of the writing on him in the main stream seemed concocted, contradictory not right somehow. thanks Julius