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In this rich and learned book. Fuhrmann presents a detailed biography of Rasputin well integrated with discussions of the religious social, and political context of the times. Even if the subject were not lurid and fascinating, this book would provide useful insight into Russian life at several levels—from Siberian peasantry to the court in St. Petersburg. . . . Control of the sources and the literature and the author's willingness to offer clear choices in judging some of the more controversial aspects of Rasputin's career help make the work very useful. Among many contributions worth noting is Fuhrmann's clear exposition of Rasputin's relationship with the official church, explained more thoroughly and sympathetically than in any other account in English. In sum, the book offers sound scholarship on important matters and will make a useful contribution to almost any collection on modern Russia.
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Historian and Russian scholar Joseph Fuhrmann probes the life and times of Grigory Rasputin and offers the most thoroughly researched biography yet of the holy man who hastened the collapse of an empire. In a fast paced narrative, his book recounts Rasputin's jourbaney from his peasant origins in Siberia to his powerful position at the right hand of the tsar and tsarina, Nicholas and Alexandra. Fuhrmann taps heretofore unused sources and puts to rest the many myths surrounding this notorious character. He documents the precise degree of influence Rasputin exerted on the Russian government, as well as the conspiracy that took Rasputin's life, the murder itself, the investigation, and the final unmasking of the culprits.
Rasputin; A Life portrays the complex character of a greedy libertine who gained unlimited power and yet sincerely followed a religious vocation. In addition, Fuhrmann brings to life more than a dozen secondary characters that were important in the life of Rasputin, among them Anna Vyrubova, weak and gullible, the empress's best friend, boundlessly devoted to Rasputin and a contact between him and Alexandra, and Pitirim, the homosexual metropolitan of Petrograd, who Rasputin had appointed to the leading bishop's post in the Church. This book dramatizes the Russian empire in an age of crisis, war, and revolution. Students and scholars will find insight in this detailed and scholarly account of turbulent times. The general reader will find an unforgettable jourbaney through turban of the century Russia.
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Historian and Russian scholar Joseph Fuhrmann probes the life and times of Grigory Rasputin and offers the most thoroughly researched biography yet of the holy man who hastened the collapse of an empire. In a fast paced narrative, his book recounts Rasputin's jourbaney from his peasant origins in Siberia to his powerful position at the right hand of the tsar and tsarina, Nicholas and Alexandra. Fuhrmann taps heretofore unused sources and puts to rest the many myths surrounding this notorious character. He documents the precise degree of influence Rasputin exerted on the Russian government, as well as the conspiracy that took Rasputin's life, the murder itself, the investigation, and the final unmasking of the culprits.
Rasputin; A Life portrays the complex character of a greedy libertine who gained unlimited power and yet sincerely followed a religious vocation. In addition, Fuhrmann brings to life more than a dozen secondary characters that were important in the life of Rasputin, among them Anna Vyrubova, weak and gullible, the empress's best friend, boundlessly devoted to Rasputin and a contact between him and Alexandra, and Pitirim, the homosexual metropolitan of Petrograd, who Rasputin had appointed to the leading bishop's post in the Church. This book dramatizes the Russian empire in an age of crisis, war, and revolution. Students and scholars will find insight in this detailed and scholarly account of turbulent times. The general reader will find an unforgettable jourbaney through turban of the century Russia.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780275932152 |
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| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publication date: | 10/24/1989 |
| Pages: | 286 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d) |
About the Author
JOSEPH T. FUHRMANN, a Professor of History at Murray State University, studied Russian history at Indiana University and was a graduate exchange-student at Moscow University.
Table of Contents
Rise to PowerSiberian Childhood
From Kazan to St. Petersburg
A Man of God from Tobolsk
THe Secrets of Father Grigory
The Teachings of Father Grigory
Challenges and Setbacks
First Crisis
Illidor: Radical on the Right
Jerusalem
Again a Brilliant Star
Disgrace
"The Little One Will Not Die"
"As Long as I Live, I Will Not Permit War"
Nearly Assissinated-War
At The Height of Power
Rasputin Returbans
A New Saint, a National Scandal
Rasputin and the Homosexual Bishop
Rasputin-Master of the Russian Orthodox Church
The Troika Shatters
Rasputin-Master of the Russian State
"Our Friend's Opinions of People Are Sometimes Very Strange"
The End
"The Rivers Will FLow with Blood"
Conspiracy
Murder
The Reckoning
The Fate of the Others
Selected Bibliography
Index
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