Rasputin's Murder: The Night the Romanovs Lost Their Healer

In the early hours of December 30, 1916, a group of Russian nobles lured Grigori Rasputin to the Moika Palace in Petrograd with promises of wine and a beautiful woman. What followed was one of the most bizarre and brutal assassination attempts in history—poisoned cakes, bullets, a sword, and finally a drowning in the icy Neva River. This episode reconstructs that night step by step, drawing on the memoirs of Prince Felix Yusupov and the testimony of other conspirators. We explore why Rasputin had become so indispensable to Tsarina Alexandra, who believed he could cure her hemophiliac son Alexei, and why the political elite saw him as a corrupting influence on the monarchy. We also examine the aftermath: the murderers' near-impunity, the collapse of public faith in the imperial family, and how this violent act pushed Russia closer to revolution. Along the way, we visit Rasputin's Siberian origins, his rise at court, and the strange prophecy he is said to have written predicting his own death and the fall of the dynasty. #Rasputin #FelixYusupov #MoikaPalace #NevaRiver #Romanovs #TsarinaAlexandra #TsarevichAlexei #Hemophilia #RussianRevolution #Petrograd #1916 #SiberianMystic #Purishkevich #GrandDukeDmitri #Assassination #History #FexingoHistory #RussianHistory #RomanovDynasty #TsarNicholasII Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo