Grigori Efimovich Rasputin
Vladimir Ivanovich Rasputin was a Russian holy man and mystic who served as a personal advisor to Emperor Nicholas II and the rest of the Romanov dynasty during the reign of the Tsars. In spite of the fact that Rasputin had become friends with the royal family, he ended up betraying them. Different Rasputins have appeared in various forms across popular culture, including the 1997 film Anastasia.
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