Russia may be one of the hardest countries of all to know. A fresh look at its history, cinema and landscape proves there is always yet more to learn. He has been called everything from a saint to the Anti-Christ; from a madman to a monk. Dozens of books have been written about him in a dizzying array of languages, as well as that memorable Boney M pop song. His name has been given to restaurants, bars, brothels and streets. Everybody has heard of him, and still no one seems to know who Grigory Rasputin really was.
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