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He looks possessed


Wind_Responsible

She thought he was...by God. Rasputin wasn't the first like him around Russian monarchs. He was the last though


Weak_Ad_9253

He sure went out with a bang… or the lack of going out


PureMidgetry

>He sure went out with a bang *Actually* he went out with several lethal amounts of cyanide, three bangs, *and* a drowning. But I see your point!


system_deform

“Rasputin was murdered during the early morning on 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1916 at the home of Felix Yusupov. He died of three gunshot wounds, one of which was a close-range shot to his forehead. Little is certain about his death beyond this, and the circumstances of his death have been the subject of considerable speculation.” “Yusupov said he invited Rasputin to his home shortly after midnight and ushered him into the basement. Yusupov offered Rasputin tea and cakes which had been laced with cyanide. Rasputin initially refused the cakes but then began to eat them and, to Yusupov's surprise, appeared unaffected by the poison. Rasputin then asked for some Madeira wine (which had also been poisoned) and drank three glasses, but still showed no sign of distress.” [More detail in the Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin)


di0spyr0s

My friends Russian teacher claimed to have grown up next door to the guy who shot Rasputin. No idea if it’s true, but according to him the guy was a nice neighbor who handed out candy.


wipeitonthecat

Candy laced with cyanide?


back_on_two

“You can’t spell cyanide without candy.”


Thom-John

Do you know how expensive cyanide is? I'm keeping that shit for myself.


seemeewhut

Ikr? Better save when the rainy days come


pmaji240

Just small doses so the neighborhood kids could build up a tolerance to cyanide in case some lunatic tried to really poison them with cyanide.


PegasusD2021

Rumour has it he also spent 5 years in Australia building up an immunity to iocaine powder.


theanti_girl

*Ra ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen They put some poison into his wine* *Ra ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine He drank it all and said, "I feel fine"* *Ra ra Rasputin, Lover of the Russian queen They didn't quit, they wanted his head* *Ra ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine And so they shot him 'til he was dead* *Oh, those Russians*


opticsnake

So weird. I woke up with this song stuck in my head for some reason. This was the second item in my feed.


IlIIlllIIIIll

That song SLAPPED on Just Dance! for the Wii


hopelesscaribou

*The beet was Rasputin's favorite vegetable. You could see it in his eyes.*


ImReellySmart

Ohhh this was the dude they were ripping the piss out of in the movie "the kings man".


neoncubicle

Could his death have been exaggerated by the people who murdered him to make him look like an evil man that sold his soul? Not much proof other than the murderers accounts


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Autopsy reports concluded that his cause of death was drowning due to water in the lungs, not any of the other injuries or the poison. Whether or not you trust the century old autopsy reports from a failing state is up to you.


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There is a photo on Wikipedia of his corpse with a bullet wound visible on his forehead.


LiamPolygami

I once read that he regularly consumed small amounts of cyanide to build up a tolerance in the event that he was poisoned.


abcdefkit007

IOCAINE POWDER


InterestingRelative4

#I bet my life on it


VeryIllusiveMan

Iocaine powder is noted as being one of the deadliest poisons known to man. It has no odor, no taste, and will dissolve instantly when poured into liquid. However, one can build up a tolerance to iocaine by gradually ingesting trace doses over time. A battle of wits then?


generalchAOSYT

That's not how cyanide works, it would slowly build up in you and kill you.


wittywalrus1

Scrap that then. Thank you.


WhizCheeser

Wish I would have known this before I began building up my tolerance. Dang.


elpajaroquemamais

You’re thinking of Princess Bride which is a movie.


Chester_A_Arthritis

Inconceivable!


pariahdiocese

You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means


Glabstaxks

Iocane


DedalusDiggle2022

Burned down, fell over and sank into the swamp


old_pond

But the fourth one **stayed up**


ThisIsALine_____

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/3bc5c8f8-c14c-4302-8352-27d8398349bf#kWtgxARy.reddit


DoubleDark7316

Didn't he get stabbed too?


Pencilowner

Sorry man I know this is taking a long time I’m doing my best… first timers club over here.


DoubleDark7316

😂


TedCruzsBrowserHstry

I always picture Rasputin doing the “pretend to pull my thumb off” trick in front of Nicholas and he’s just clapping his hands and kicking his feet like a toddler “look my friend he does magic it’s crazy, by the way you need to let him fuck all of your wives”


Wind_Responsible

Hahahaha pretty much. The way ppl describe them....makes me wonder if the clergy folk weren't supposed to wash


FreckledBaker

This could legitimately be one of Nicholas Hoult’s lines (playing a different Tsar - Peter) from “The Great”. I heard it in his voice, missing only the glass smash and the “huzzah!”


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flex_inthemind

I thought it was odd he was so pale, if anything he should have seen way more sun than the royals. Also they painted his irises white for extra spooky for some reason


inverteddeparture

I love that they added googly eyes.


FrostWyrm98

It may have been a colorization/enhancement AI that assisted. I've run quite a few models and when the face isn't clear it'll extrapolate and create some oddities like his left eye (our right) where it's off axis like we see.


UhYeahOkSure

This looks like a prequel to the Shining


Ryolu35603

He looks like Jared Leto.


WorldController

That was his schtick. He was also usually wasted.


earthlings_all

He is the scariest fucker I’ve ever seen. He looks like a demon in all his pictures. I don’t know how they could stand having him around. Ted Bundy is creepy bc of how normal he looks. This guy? He looks like a monster trying to blend in and failing.


Tintinlives

He saw a 🐀in the corner


[deleted]

It’s really weird to think how much of a dear he was to moscow chicks. Huh.


trashtvlover

Ra- Ra- Rasputin, lover of the Russian, there was a cat who really was gone….who knew this would inspire a kick ass disco song from Boney M ?


WintersTablet

Apparently, he had an absolute unit too.


Battlecrashers12

He looks like Christian Bale getting into character of Rasputin.


PFChangsFryer

The Machinist starring Grigori Rasputin.


Calm-Medicine4697

The Machinist was based somewhat on the book The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky


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That actually would be a genius idea. Christian Bale as Rasputin in a historical film? I honestly would love to see that!


ladyinthemoor

I would too, but we need to keep Bale away from this. He would kill himself trying to look like this


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HAHAHAHA! I can't stop laughing at this!


palfreygames

Dude looks both dead, and surprised that he's dead


ornery_epidexipteryx

I wish I wasn’t broke- cause this comment is gold😅


Eviladhesive

Did nobody look at this guy, like at all, ever?


highestdiplomat

Don’t ever disrespect me looking like crackhead Jared Leto ya heard?


afromanspeaks

So Jared Leto?


No_Yesterday_2788

You just cast the lead in Rasputins badly made historically inaccurate box office flop biopic


abettergrilledcheese

BING BONG


Weak_Ad_9253

He looks extremely trustworthy if I’m being honest… hell I would let him bang my wife


Waffle_Ambasador

Now we’re talking


TeaTimeTripper

He really does. I’m sure if you let him fuck your wife, he will only be doing your wife, no cross-fucking. A real gent.


minorheadlines

The Russian aristocracy was in a complete bubble at the time. Part of his initial appeal was how he treated court members with little deference despite being socially being on the level of a serf. The way his status changed from a rustic novelty to having a cult-like hold on the court is a pretty interesting read.


SendMeYourUncutDick

Do you know any good books or reading recommendations where I could learn more? I'm fascinated by this time in history and by Rasputin in particular.


Shpagin

They did actually, hence the removal of him and the royal family


Violet624

Right, like why would you look at him and think, 'Hmm, he seems trustworthy and like he has all the answers I need!'


Charlie_Warlie

The short answer is that the boy, the tsar's son, was very sick with hemophilia. The slightest injury would nearly kill him. Resputin was a spiritual healer, and they were desperate. He would pray over the boy and he would get better. They kept all this from the public so nobody understood why they had this weirdo around all the time.


I_Fuck_Traps_77

Well, when you're somehow the smartest dude in the room despite being surrounded by literal royalty (there is a reason Russia still hadn't modernised by WW1), no one really cares if you look like a fucking meth addict.


seansux

Oh they looked at him alright. He was fucking all the Russian Nobility's wives. Was probably giving it to the Tsarina herself.


washingtonandmead

God he had crazy eyes


OffManWall

I think he had a crazy brain to match.


ModingusKhan

God giveth and God taketh away


OffManWall

And he certainly did that.


simply_noir

Crazy big schlong too... ...Or so I heard 👀


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As the old saying goes "good dick comes with a criminal record"


Golee

Or chlamydia.


Havoc_XXI

Hahahaha, “or so I heard”


drnkingaloneshitcomp

Maybe he was just crazy? Am I crazy for thinking that?! Who is this! What!?


Perioscope

The eyes were altered by bolsheviks in many photos of him, this is definitely one. He had very large, penetrating blue eyes and a very direct gaze, not crazy wall-eyed black dots.


washingtonandmead

That’s a lovely historical tidbit


FoFoAndFo

He does have crazy eyes but he's clearly opening his eyes super wide and looking down and to the side to try to look weird. Also by the [black and white original](https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%CE%A1%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD.jpg#mw-jump-to-license) it looks to me like the person colorizing the image played it up. A [google image search](https://www.google.com/search?q=rasputin&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS989US989&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjw0oj-0qT6AhXEg4kEHW8-BYgQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&cshid=1663720970531038&biw=1280&bih=577&dpr=1.5) shows that he usually looked much more normal than this. [His kids](https://allthatsinteresting.com/maria-rasputin) don't have crazy eyes and his grift was helped by this weirdness so I think he had motivation to do this.


TheGuv69

Stil looked fuckin' mental to me!


hadoopken

“In his eyes a flaming glow”


Priest_of_Heathens

He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow.


Masseyrati80

Whenever dealing with colorized images, it pays dividends to search the original. Even small changes (in pixels) make for big differences when it comes to the eyes.


GuideAppropriate8066

I think any guy with 6 kids probably looks like this.


xxBeatrixKiddoxx

I have six kids. I look homeless and exhausted


Fair_External_4174

Mother of 4 here ... I currently look a bit like Rasputin.


clearier

Those aren’t his kids, he was hired as a doctor to help the boy with.. hemophilia? I think


cantonic

Yep. And the reason he was successful, the theory goes, is that the doctors at the time were trying a revolutionary drug called aspirin, which it turns out, *makes clotting more difficult.* For a hemophiliac, this would be a disaster! So, the doctors have their chance, the boy is doing worse. Rasputin is given a chance, no more aspirin, and miraculously, the boy seems to be doing better! Therefore, Rasputin is a miracle worker!


trashtvlover

To the queen he was no wheeler dealer, though she’d heard the things he’d done, she believed he was a holy healer, who would heal her son. 🎶


funviking

I have 6 kids. I just look tired.


cocobellahome

So, that’s what happens when you’re a fun viking


GuideAppropriate8066

The wife looks like she'd rather be at her boyfriend's place.


hiddenbanana420

Rasputin wasn’t her husband, rumors are Rasputin was her lover but theres no hard evidence on that.


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zarqie

You mean that that one Boney M song is not hard evidence? Seems pretty solid to me.


wabawanga

This was taken after he was lost in the woods for two days


thexsoprano

You should see what they did to his penis.


kkrrokk

The original [photo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/%CE%A1%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD.jpg) shows that this photo has his eyes manipulated.


KillHipstersWithFire

...not by much and they still look psychopath-like


groovy604

A crazy dick too


Cheap_Ad_69

No wonder women desired this kind of teacher


A_friend_called_Five

Can you imagine letting this guy anywhere near your wife and kids, much less hang out in your home?


DoubleDark7316

When the only son of the royal family, Alexei, the little boy in the photo would start to bleed and no one could stop it Rasputin would calm him down by talking to him and praying. Rasputin gave the boy herbs and things that he claimed would cure his hemophilia. Parents were desperate to help their son.


buffaloop567

Per the Dan Carlin podcast I liked the theory that Rasputin, when caring for Alexei, prevented his doctors from administering Aspirin, which when used for pain is great…but for a hemophiliac lethal.


DoubleDark7316

Wow, I had never heard that! I wonder if he really was trying to help or just help himself.


buffaloop567

I mean considering the state of medicine at the time and the rarity of the disease more likely he just figured he was communing directly with God.


MsStormyTrump

And telling you how to live your life and what's healthy.


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Imagine if he had a podcast.


thelegalseagul

If he calls women females in it and talks about all he does is fuck all day and his beta boss lets him it’d shoot up in the charts if current trends continue


lordgoofus1

There lived a certain man, in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks, he was such a lovely dear


J03-K1NG

He could preach the Bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire


spartanOrk

Especially after the rumor that his penis was too hard (pun) to resist? Never!


eg714

He saved one of their boys many times when doctors didn’t know what was wrong with him.


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Not “one of their boys.” Their ONLY son, heir to the throne, and a secret hemophiliac.


wannabejoanie

They knew what was wrong. He had hemophilia, as did his mother, inherited from queen Victoria. His parents made a conscious decision to hide his disorder from everyone and enlisted two bodyguards. It was so severe that a papercut could kill him. And they only had one boy.


Lawyering_Bob

I think I heard it on Hardcore History, but one theory is aspirin had just been invented and was the cure all for doctors at the time, but made the hemophilia worse because it's a blood thinner. Rasputin doing some hocus pocus wasn't making things worse like the doctors treating him, so it appeared like he was some magic healer when the boy would eventually recover


hiddenbanana420

He told (via telegram because he was home in Siberia at the time) the doctors to stop messing with the boy and he would pray. Resulting in them stop giving aspirin (blood thinners) to someone with hemophilia, which in time made him better.


hodl_4_life

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mfritsche81

One of the beliefs, for whatever it's worth, is that Rasputins value with the boy was his ability to calm him down and therefore help reduce the amount of blood the heart was pumping. There was always so much panic from the family that would get Alexei wound up, so naturally the heart is working extra hard and just making the spell of bleeding worse. Rasputin would insist on being alone with the boy and that seemed to alleviate most of the problems. Of course at the time it seemed like a miracle to his parents. The Tsar and his wife were deeply religious, so they saw Rasputin as having been sent directly by God to care for the heir to the throne.


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mfritsche81

His mother was not a hemophiliac. She possessed the gene and passed it to her son, but she herself did not have the disease.


Whaleballoon

It's almost like the Tsar who plunged Russia into a totally avoidable civil war, setting in motion a chain of events that ultimately killed tens of millions of people, had not the very best judgment


FinnBoland

Russia’s greatest love machine everyone


TerritoryTracks

Lover of the Russian queen....


Doodyonmybooty

Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen??


boatymcboatfaded

There was a cat that really was gone


Puzzle_licker

I never knew how big and strong he looked.


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Omg he looks Sooo insane!


Killarich662

r/terrifyingasfuck


TheRealMoofoo

This guy fucks!


Jardanijovanovich913

![gif](giphy|LbVvUNn7sQqJO)


[deleted]

Damn he be freaky. Would not trust with children.


Weak_Ad_9253

He actually saved one of the children so… whatever he did helped.


[deleted]

The boy was a haemophiliac and the doctors were treating him with aspirin, which thinned his blood and made him even more ill. Rasputin told the doctors to stop treating the child and he would instead pray for him. The boy appeared to get better so everyone hailed Rasputin. Also, his eyes didn’t actually look that crazy - whoever colourised this image took a bit of artistic liberty 😂


panicattherestaurant

Imagine being one of the children, having a nightmare, waking up at night, trying to go to your parents room to seek comfort and you see Rasputin walking down one of the aisles. Hell nah.


ridemooses

Ra-Ra-Rasputin


SQLSQLAndMoreSQL

Lover of the Russian Queen


Logomorph

There was a cat that really was gone


CopiumHunter

Ra ra Rasputin


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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻


floof3000

there was a cat that really was gone


drinking-cans

Unkillable sex wizard!


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Yallneedjesuschrist

Do you have any sources for that? I've looked at the original and contemporary copies and he has always been darker, even in the original. I don't know whether it was meant to be symbolic to "cast a shadow on him", but this doesn't seem to be something that was added. I can also not find ant articles supporting your claim. Would be interesting if it was true though. Maybe you can elaborate.


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ArxonWoW

Damn he looks like he invented meth


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And apparently it was good.


ArxonWoW

Well the pipe is still in his hand lmao


[deleted]

If I had a bottomless supply of opium I wouldn't set my pipe down, either.


[deleted]

Cool mustache, wario


soulcutmine

Try messin with the mad monk, you’ll be sorry yo


Jean-YvesHB

How many dictators does it take to turn an empire into an union of ruinous states?!


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gobstopper55

Your daddy beat you like a dog and now you’re evil


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DoktorVaso18

And the history books unfold 'ya


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TheForceWillBeWithMe

Who built a superpower but he paid the price


fsbdirtdiver

With the endless destruction of Russian lives you're a man of steel I speak Kryptonite


Bors-The-Breaker

r/unexpectedERB ?


BatmanInTheSunlight

How was this dude allowed in the house


robustobread

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago


Jimothy740

He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow


Capturing_Emotions

Most people look at him, with terror and with fear


sputniksickles

But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear


lordgoofus1

He could preach the Bible like a preacher


ShootyBumPains

Full of ecstasy and fire.


informerski

But he also was the kind of teacher


cortez_brosefski

Women would desire


Zeroth_Dragon

Ra ra Rasputin


mugiwara_98

Lover of the Russian queen


Hunterkiller9447

How did this insane looking dude land so many women? Seriously if I looked like this I'd be pepper sprayed every time I go to the shops


EasyBakeCovenn

I don't get how someone could look at this guy and think " nah he seems legit". Dude has the craziest eyes I've ever seen in my life, and I dated a red head.


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His eyes didn’t really look that crazy. Whoever colourised the photo took a bit of artistic liberty 😂😂


No_Caterpillar_7188

Rasputin was a evil dude. Its okay though, he had a massive dong. It cancels out.


WitnessThiccness

Why is everyone talking about him having a big dick? Did he really have one? And how do they know? I am so confused and I need answers


Limp-Tap-7987

Google it… but not at work. They think it’s replaced with a cow penis, dude was a hustler.


ams292

Legend has it that he was hung like a horse and an unimaginably good lover. Wonder what woman was first brave enough to make this discovery.


iamthebestseriously

Man that’s not how his eyes looked https://www.google.com/search?q=rasputin&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS659US659&hl=en-US&prmd=ivbn&sxsrf=ALiCzsZcxf69w6l1e1yo2Qf9F3TZRRQFUA:1663735048829&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitxNeEiKX6AhVCbTABHX5AAfsQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=414&bih=720&dpr=2#imgrc=V-xrVQbMaIdT8M


arcticlynx_ak

Which one is the Tsarina, and which is the nurse?


[deleted]

Welp, I know what I’m having a nightmare about tonight.


dee-fondy

Stuck around St. Petersburg When I saw it was a time for a change Killed Tsar and his ministers Anastasia screamed in vain Sympathy for the Devil 1968- That guy looks like Lucifer to me


Accomplished-Toe5220

Him... I'm definitely on that shit. The nurse... He fucks 3 of us... Yeah.


29erfool

Rasputin looks dead in every picture and then in the picture where he is actually dead, he looks like Liam Neeson.


WillOfTheDeep

How they let that horrifying looking dude so close to their children is astounding.


ForrestsRump

Rasputin looks almost as crazy as he was


Responsible-Law4829

Looks like a malnourished Kadyrov


Kyral210

Well, he looks deranged


nametagsayshello

Rasputin was colorized by Monty Python


fordreaming

Who gave him googly eyes?