Rasputin was a kind of uneducated Siberian Monk who practiced mysticism.

He became
very influential at court when he stopped the bleeding of Alexis (crown prince!it was
primarily the "sarina he had on his side. Rasputin had no influence on the outcome of
##$ because %icolas hated &aiser #ilhelm (#illy with all his heart and would have
fought on the side of 'ngland anyway ((ueen )ictoria was his aunt.
His influence on the Romanov*s earned him the hatred of the aristocracy but that again
was irrelevant with their fall.
"heir fall was due to the stubbornness of %icolas and his (ueen to let go some of their
power and see to it that the common people did not starve and were treated in a more
humane way.
"he Mushiks (farmers were no better than slaves they belonged to the land they worked
on !this situation in the +,th century could not last any longer.