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Alex de Jonge-an Oxford professor of Russian ancestry-takes Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin's rise to power to be one of history's tragic jokes. The Tsarina thought Rasputin a saint because he could apparently heal her son; and because he was a saint, he must be heeded in all matters. The Tsar did not lag far behind in credulity...
...PETR EFIMOVICH SHELEST, 56, bald and beaming protege of fellow Ukrainian Podgorny (whom he succeeded as First Secretary of the Ukraine), won delicious revenge with his appointment to the Presidium. In Budapest last April, Shelest was singled out publicly by Khrushchev as the "culprit" who had failed to deliver electric motors to Hungary on schedule. Additionally, he has been outspokenly critical of Nikita's agricultural reforms, objected vociferously to the agricultural-industrial split in party administration, which Podgorny is now charged with mending. If Podgorny moves ahead in power and authority, Shelest will be right behind...
Died. A beggar whom police identified as the brother of the late Grigoriy Efimovich ("Mad Monk") Rasputin; of injuries suffered when he was struck by an automobile; in Tomsk, Siberia...
Against His Highness Prince Felix Youssoupov was brought at Paris, last week, a freak damage suit for $1,000,000 by Mme. Gregoriena Rasputin Solaviev, daughter of the late, detested "Black Monk," Gregory Efimovich Rasputin, evil nemesis of the last Tsar and Tsarina of all the Russias...
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