The Independent . ve as herreason for the act that he had ruinedthe lives of young girls and broughtscandal upon the Church. It was whilehe was disabled by this wound that theRussian armies were mobilized, whichprecipitated the Great War. Hisfriends believe that the attempted as-sassination was a plot to get him outof the way so the Czar could be forcedinto war in spite of the pacifist princi-ples with which Rasputin had inspiredhim. Whether his death was instigated byjealousy of his political power or by thefear lest he should betray Russia tothe Germans is known only to his mur-derers. There
The Independent . ve as herreason for the act that he had ruinedthe lives of young girls and broughtscandal upon the Church. It was whilehe was disabled by this wound that theRussian armies were mobilized, whichprecipitated the Great War. Hisfriends believe that the attempted as-sassination was a plot to get him outof the way so the Czar could be forcedinto war in spite of the pacifist princi-ples with which Rasputin had inspiredhim. Whether his death was instigated byjealousy of his political power or by thefear lest he should betray Russia tothe Germans is known only to his mur-derers. There are several versions ofthe assassination, and since they areequally unauthentic, we choose themost dramatic. This is that he was in-vited to a banquet at the palace ofPrince Felix Yusupov in Meika were said to be six youngmen of prominence at the dinner andafter drinking together one of themhanded a revolver to Rasputin and toldhim to shoot himself. He took the re-volver, but fired instead at the man.
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