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Rasputin was born in 1869 in the remote Siberian village of Pokrovskoye — a place so isolated that winter ruled most of the year and superstition filled the silence left by civilization. His family were poor peasants. He received little education, could barely read, and spent his youth working the…

Rasputin was born in 1869 in the remote Siberian village of Pokrovskoye — a place so isolated that winter ruled most of the year and superstition filled the silence left by civilization. His family were poor peasants. He received little education, could barely read, and spent his youth working the land, drinking, fighting, and clashing with authority.