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ender me of h own rritory. us Charles was the only leader t time who was g make territorial conc ion But the Kai r tly refu
e situation in the Rian gove ent went from d to wor that not even Nicholas could evade the t t He finally decid to fire Proto v, put 's M ister of the Interior. en she h rd of this decision, Alexandra, alm t certainly under the ur ng of Rasputin, wr emotional lette to hola putting every ible pr ure on him to re­ tain Proto v. Novem r 27 she visited Nicholas at a y headquar­ te Ni olas pit ted ter, he ote to Alexandr ender thanks for the vere written ldin I read it with·a smile, ca you s to me as thou I was a child ...Your r little w k-willed hubby." And this w from a man who held the fate of one hundred and fifty million ple in his d
F y, a oup Rian arist rats, led by Felix Yusu v and dimir Purishkevich, plott the murder of Rasputin, hoping that by
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utin came. He ate two of the kes, drank the two of wine nough i n to kill four men Nothing hap ned
en Yusu v brought out a revol r and fired at int blank range. Rasput cr h to the r, f ing onto a white lar ar ru ere no bl on the only a all s t of bl on Rasputin's shirt, in spite of a bullet in the re on of his hea ey could hear the ttling of his eath, but surely he w dy
Moved by a sudden impul , Yusu v went over and sh k the y. t ey o n Rasputin b Yusu v by the shoulde he re ated h name over d ove elix, Felix, Felix, Fe x ..." Yusu v tore him­ lf away and reamed He sh up the s Rasputin followed, stag­gering up the s s and out the d r into the snowy courtyard Purishke­vich, a c ck shot, pull out s revolver. e rst two bullets mi d e th d bullet s ck Rasputin in the shoulder, the fourth in the neck. put co a d into the ow, and they dra the y ck into the ho .
A n sputin wouldn't die. A in his eyes o ned Yusu v
b a l d wa g stick and t frantica y unt the y w s They tied it with ro and drove to the Neva River. ey hu edly
inting th man evil they could ve Ria ey planned to lure to Yusu v's hou and i n him with cyanid ey put enough to kill into ch of three cakes and two of wine.