The Blood of the Mad Monk: A Medical Examination of Grigori Rasputin’s Extraordinary Survival
In the frigid pre-dawn hours of December 30, 1916, a group of Russian nobles gathered around a hole cut in the ice of the Malaya Nevka River in St. Petersburg. They had just deposited the body of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin into the freezing waters, confident that their mission to rid Russia of the “Mad Monk” … Read moreThe Blood of the Mad Monk: A Medical Examination of Grigori Rasputin’s Extraordinary Survival