to do was merely tell him that it will stop and somehow, without any explanation for the occurrence, the bleeding would stop. However Rasputin managed to stop Alexis' suffering, the truth of the matter was that he gained Nicholas and Alexandra's undivided support and it gave him immense power. Czar Nicholas listened to his wife so Rasputin began to tell Alexandra what is to happen in the country. She in turn listened to him and told her husband everything. Although Rasputin was nearly an uneducated man, he found a seat in the Duma and was elected in 1912. He became an important political figure. In1913, the Czar pushed towards rigid antagonism toward the Duma, Rasputin and the Czarina urged him to dissolve it altogether or at least take away all of its real power. 1913 was also the 300th anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty and the importance of the Duma was intentionally slighted. Rasputin, in an act of defiance, sat in a seat set aside for the Duma. The president of the Duma bodily threw him out of the Kazan Cathedral. The 1st image shows Rasputin as an evil influence with control over the Czar and Czarina. Czar Nicholas is shown with his simpering grin, symbolizing his lack of leadership, and Czarina Alexandra staring at her husband with a stern expression on her face, symbolizing her influence over him. Nicholas's family, even his mother, desperately tried to have the monk removed from the imperial couple's proximity. The Romanovs, never really fond of Alexandra, constantly approached the Czar and demanded that Rasputin be sent away. The Bolsheviks did not like Rasputin at all so he was murdered on December 26th 1916. His body was shot, stabbed, brutally beaten, and thrown into the Neva River. He was poisoned first but when they found it didn't work they tried again. When this didn't work they shot him 2 times in the chest only to find him still alive and chasing the assassin. He was finally tied up and thrown into the Neva River wher...
