Bonus Ep! Antony Beevor's 'Rasputin'

About this episode

Antony Beevor discusses his biography of Grigori Rasputin and his impact on Russian history.

Subscribe now to listen to the entire 38-minute episode (or preview 10 minutes). Can a Siberian peasant influence the course of history? In the case of Grigori Rasputin, the answer was yes. A wanderer, mystic, and spiritual healer, Rasputin was also corrupt and lecherous — and his meddling in the affairs of state helped bring down the Tsarist autocracy in the crucible of war and revolution. In this episode, Antony Beevor, the renowned military historian, talks about his new biography, ' Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs .' Further reading: Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor

People in this episode

Host: Martin Di Caro

Guest: Antony Beevor

Topics covered

• Rasputin
• Russian history
• Tsarist autocracy
• World War I
• revolution
• biography

Keywords

• Rasputin
• Antony Beevor
• Russian history
• biography
• Tsarist autocracy
• World War I
• revolution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tsarist autocracy

Books & works: Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs, Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921

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