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Noun: Rasputin  ra'spyoo-tin
  1. Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)
    - Grigori Efimovich Rasputin

Type of: starets

Encyclopedia: Rasputin Rasputin, Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin, the Mad Monk

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