Word: efimovich
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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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...
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