He Survived Poison, Bullets, and a Frozen River.

[!NOTE] Historical File: He Survived Poison, Bullets, and a Frozen River. Location: Russia | Era: Archival History | Format: Documentary & Narrative Record

The Untold Story

This man survived poison, gunshots, and freezing water in one single night.

Grigori Rasputin was a peasant mystic who became the Russian royal family’s closest advisor.

A group of nobles, led by Prince Felix Yusupov, decided he had to die.

They lured him to this palace in Saint Petersburg, poisoned his food, shot him, and when he still wouldn’t die, threw him into the frozen Neva River. Follow for more true stories stranger than fiction.