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Rasputin's Daughter Recounts Alternate Rasputin Story
Maria Rasputin, 77, in Los Angeles, disputes legends of her father Rasputin. She says he was murdered in 1916 for rejecting Prince Yussupov's advances, not for his power. She notes he was not a monk but a starets and recalls his kindness and strictness.
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Los Angeles
Rasputin
Russia
Maria Grigorievna Rasputin
St. Petersburg
Leningrad
Grigori Efimovich Rasputin
Starets
Czarevich Alexei
Czarina Alexandra
Nicholas Romanov II
Felix Yussupov
Neva
Yussupov
Maria Rasputin
Siberia
Maria
Boris Soloviev
Europe