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See Znamensky Monastery investigations of Rasputin, 59–60, 64–65 Adrianov, Alexander (police officer), 139, 140 leadership of Church and, 78, 82 Alexander II (tsar, 1855–1881), 31–32 letters to and from, 94–95, 144 Alexander III (tsar, 1881–1894), 27, 29, 32, Maria Rasputin on, 233 34, 75, 198 marriage of, 34–35, 36 Alexander Michaelovich (“Sano,” Nicholas mastery of foreign languages, 34–35 II’s cousin), 32, 38, 104, 198, 216, 230 meets Rasputin, 39, 41 Alexander Nevsky Monastery, 26, 27, patriotism, 146 172–173 personality of, 34, 60 Alexander Palace, 34, 41–42, 57, 58, 93, petitions from Rasputin, 137 109, 111, 148 popular support, 109 Alexandra Fedorovna (empress of Russia, Protopopov and, 180, 182 1894–1917) opposes war in 1914, 118–119, 127 accepting of homosexuals, 173, 174 and Rasputin’s drinking, 187 aware of Rasputin’s faults, 45, 63–65 reactions to criticism, 60, 61, 62–64, 93 Alexis (son) and, 98–100, 100, 104 relationship with Rasputin, 48, 60, 65, 133 Anna (friend) and, 133, 159–160, 208 religious outlook, 35, 38, 43, 65, 105–106 on autocracy, 155–156 Rasputin’s son Dmitry and, 191 birth of son, 37 on Samarin, 168 burial of Rasputin and, 222–223 shares military secrets, 151 cartoon depictions of, 192, 193 sister Elizabeth and, 198, 204–205 children of, 35, 37, 150 Spala episode, 97–101 on death of Rasputin, 223–224 Stolypin and, 89 on disappearance of Rasputin, 216 strong character, 156 early life, 33–34 suspected of German sympathies, 146 faith in Rasputin, 150–151, 156–157, 224 telegrams, 119, 120, 127 favors Khvostov’sCOPYRIGHTED appointment, Varnava MATERIAL and, 79 159–160, 163 Volzhin and, 171, 175 favors new type of church leaders, 78, Vyrubova and, 46 79, 169 during war with Germany, 136, 144, 147, financial support of Rasputin, 73–74, 148, 149, 151–152, 153, 156 109, 118, 137 Yusupov on, 201–202 friendship with Rasputin, 41 See also Duma Iliodor and, 69 Alexeev, Michael (general), 147, 148 influence of Rasputin, 70–71, 138–139, Alexis (bishop of Tobolsk, exarch of 147–148, 156, 180 Georgia), 80, 81 273 bindex.indd 273 9/10/2012 4:34:04 PM 274 I nde X Alexis (Nicholas II’s son, the tsarevich) Vyrubova on, 47 birth of, 37 during World War I, 186 on death of Rasputin, 223 Arsenov, Ilya, 18 fall in boat, 97 assets of Rasputin, 50, 233–234 hemophilia of, 37, 38, 43, 58, 61, 102, attacks on Rasputin 111, 150 appearance after, 131 illnesses of, 97–99 beating in Pokrovskoye, 13 prayers for health of, 41 in 1914, 119–122, 123–126, 128 and Rasputin, 104 during the war, 193–194 recovery of, 100–102 See also death of Rasputin reviewing troops, 149 Augustine (Saint), 56 at Spala, 97–101, 100 Austria-Hungary, 113, 152–153 at Stavka, 150 autocracy, 32–33, 91, 155–156 Alice (Alexandra’s mother), 38 autopsy, 218–221, 225, 229 Alley, Stephen (British agent), 227–228, auto-suggestion and hemophilia, 103–104 229, 230 Anastasia of Montenegro (“Stana”), Badmaev, Dr. Peter (ally of Rasputin’s), 29–30, 40 103, 111, 137, 179–180, 236 Feofan and, 61 Balashevskaya Convent, 71, 72, 83, 126 introduction of imperial couple to Balkans, 113–115, 117, 119 Rasputin, 39–40, 42 Baptists and Evangelical Christians, 19, 137 Nazier-Vachot and, 36 Baranovichi, 143–144 rumors about, 52 Barbarin, Yakov, 19 support for Rasputin, 50, 59 Barham, Patte (writer), 226 warnings to Alexandra by, 62 Beatrice (Victoria’s daughter), 38 ancestors of Rasputin, 5–6 Beletsky, Stephen Andrew (bishop of Kazan), 26, 27 Andronikov and, 158–159 Andronikov, Prince Michael, 158–161, as assistant minister of interior, 141 163–164, 165, 236 execution of, 236 Anthony (archbishop of Kharkov), 174 as Khvostov ally, 160–161, 163–164, 165 Anthony (archbishop of Volhynia), 79, 80 as police director, 108, 158–159, 166, 190 Anthony (bishop of Tobolsk), 52–53, turns against Rasputin, 177 54–55, 62 and Yar episode, 139 Anthony (metropolitan of St. Petersburg), 62 Berlatskaya, Khioniya (Rasputin’s follower), anti-German riots (Moscow), 139, 199 46, 49, 61, 62 anti-Semitic organizations, 67–68, 89 Bialowieza, 97 appearance of Rasputin Black Hand, 118, 119 after attack of 1914, 131, 132 Black Hundreds, 67–68 at autopsy, 220–221 blood-stilling, 105 clothing, 30, 71, 94, 118, 192, 204, “Bloody Sunday,” 33 208–209 Bokhanov, Alexander (historian), 10, 200, 239 eyes, 11, 24, 29, 42, 44, 47, 90, 204, 211 Botkin, Dr. Eugene, 98 Filippov on, 188 bribes, 110, 137, 161 his last pilgrimage, 191–192 British Secret Intelligence Service, 200, at Kazan and St. Petersburg (1903), 226–231 23–24, 28 Brusilov Offensive, 152–153 in 1915, 160 Buchanan, George, 227, 229 in 1916, 204 Buxhoeveden, Sophie, 104, 105 scar, 13 at seventeen, 11 canonization, 168–170 upon discovery of body, 217, 218 cartoons, 192, 193 bindex.indd 274 9/10/2012 4:34:04 PM I nde X 275 Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, 99, Dmitry (Rasputin’s cousin), 10 107, 205 Dobrovolsky, Ivan, 137 Catherine the Great (empress, 1762–1796), Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 9, 23 35, 68, 197 Dubrovino, town, 12, 54 Chemagin, Fedor (village priest and Duma, 33, 69, 84, 107, 152, 193 Rasputin foe), 52, 53–54, 120 Fourth Duma, 178, 180, 181, 193 Chesmensky Charity Hospital, 218 Goremykin and, 161–162 church investigation of 1907, 52–55 Holy Synod and, 80, 93 Church of Our Lady of Pokrovskoye, Nicholas II and, 91, 155–156, 4, 5, 7 Protopopov in, 178–179, 180 Beautification by Rasputin, 51–52, 55 role of, 155–156 cinema, 137, 193 Rasputin’s telegram leaked to, 129 Cockfield, Jamie (historian), 200 Rasputin urges Nicholas to improve coincidence in treating hemophilia, 104–105 relations with, 161–163 Compton, William, 227, 230 Third Duma, 33, 91, 178 Constantinople, 74 Trepov and, 181, 182 Cook, Andrew (writer), 226, 229, 230 Dzhunkovsky, Vladimir, 139, 141, 158–159 cross-dressing, 198 Cullen, Richard (writer), 226, 229 Efimov, Flor, 212 Elizabeth Fedorovna (Alexandra’s sister), Damansky, Peter, 79, 92 146, 198, 204–205 Daniel Filippovich (religious leader), 19 Ernst Ludwig (“Ernie,” Alexandra’s “Dark Forces,” 181, 193, 203, 227–228 brother, 146, 156 Davidson, Benjamin, 125 Evlogii (bishop), 93 death of Rasputin assassination, 209–213 faith of Rasputin autopsy, 218–221, 225, 229 behavior in church, 17 burial, 222–223 conversion, 17 consequences, 237–240 disillusionment with church, 55–56 cremation, 239–240 doubts and trials, 13–14, 21 desecration of burial site, 238–239 early years, 9 discovery of body, 1, 217, 217–218 Makary’s influence on, 15–17 legends, 225–231 nature lover, 15 plot, 201–204, 205, 208 religious studies, 56 punishment of conspirators, 223 spiritual crisis, 112, 113, 185 reburial, 239 spiritual gifts, 10–11, 13–14, 16–17 Dedyulin, Vladimir (palace commandant), vision of Virgin Mary, 20–21, 74 57, 58 See also pilgrimages Dehn, Lili (Alexandra’s friend), 64–65, Fedorov, Dr. Sergei, 37, 98, 99, 104, 222 101–102, 150 Deniken, General Anton, 167 Feofan (Rasputin’s friend, subsequent Derfelden, Mariana, 226 enemy) Diveev convent, 60 accusation of rape brought to, 61 Dmitry Pavlovich on Rasputin’s house in Pokrovskoye, 50 death of, 236 imperial couple and, 35 as murderer, 226 investigation by, 59–60 punishment, 223 with Makary and Rasputin, 28 relationship with Yusupov, 202 relationship with Rasputin, 28–29, 30, 61 report on Rasputin shown to, 141 transfer to Crimea, 62 role in assassination, 203, 205, 210–211, Figes, Orlando (writer), 200 215, 216 Filaret (father superior), 173 bindex.indd 275 9/10/2012 4:34:04 PM 276 I nde X Filippov, Alexis (Rasputin’s friend and handwriting of Rasputin, 18 publisher), 73, 74, 109–110, 112, 140, healing 188, 193 of Alexis, 101–105, 111 financial status of Rasputin, 50, 109–110, and Yusupov, 204 135, 137–138, 233–234 health of Rasputin, 131, 132 Florinsky, Michael (historian), 177 hemophilia, 37–38, 58 followers of Rasputin’s Alexis and, 37, 38, 43, 58, 61, 102, 150 financial support from, 50, 109–110 Alexis’s worst attack at Spala, his “little ladies,” 49, 53 97–101, 100 in Pokrovskoye, 18–19 Rasputin’s “secret?” 101–106 in Saint Petersburg, 45–48 heresy, charges of, 52–55, 80 at tea in Rasputin’s apartment, 164 Hermogen (bishop), 69, 83–84 Franz Ferdinand, assassination of, 118 Hoare, Samuel, 207, 218, 226–227, 229 Freemasons, 68 assesses Rasputin’s murder, 237 Holy Fools, 64–65 Gavril (father superior), 25–26 Holy Land, Rasputin’s pilgrimage to, Germany 73–75 agents of, 145–146, 181 Holy Synod, 77, 85, 158, 167–171, Alexandra during the war, 144, 147, 148, 174–176 149, 151–152, 153, 156 Alexis (exarch) and, 81–82 declaration of war by, 129 canonizations and, 168–169 Nicholas II during war with, Hermogen and, 83 148–152, 155 Nicholas II and, 169–170, 172–173, 176 Rasputin urges peace with, 151, 152, Rasputin’s power at, 81–82, 167–171, 153, 226 174–176 separate peace with, 226–227 Varnava and, 79, 80 war with, 131, 143, 151–152, 181 homosexuality, 22, 111, 114, 158, 171–172, Gibbes, Charles Sydney (tutor), 103 173–174, 197–198 Gilliard, Pierre (tutorat), 98–99, 104, horse theft charges, 13, 14, 168, 193 150, 151 hypnosis, 58, 102–103, 107, 112, 204 Gippius, Zinaida, 237 Golovina, Munya, 215 Iliodor (monk) Gordon, N. A., 137 Feofan and Rasputin, 29 Goremykin, Prime Minister Ivan, 148, in hiding, 85 149, 157, involvement in attack of June 1914, Rasputin decides he must go, 121–125 161–162, 170 Khvostov and, 165 Gorky, Maxim, 237 later life, 236 Great Petrovsky Bridge, 1, 213, 217 Nicholas II and, 71 Greece, 151 political career, 67–73 Gregory of Nyssa (Saint), 7, 56 relationship with Rasputin, 28, 67–73, Guchkov, Alexander (political leader), 91, 82–84,