There are many figures to consider, but I'd like to introduce you to Rasputin, the Russian scientist who is perhaps the most enigmatic figure in modern Japanese history .
He always looks scary in photos, but he's seriously come back to life about 10 times .
His life began in a small village in Siberia. Apparently, because literacy rates were low in his village, he didn't attend school and instead spent his time playing around.
After getting married, he suddenly told his family he was going on a pilgrimage and left the village. Apparently, he had received a revelation from the Virgin Mary. After completing his training and returning to the village, he had become a devout ascetic.
He then went to the capital city of Saint Petersburg and, with his mysterious powers, he healed people's illnesses one after another, earning him the title of "Man of God ." His reputation reached the ears of the emperor, who asked him to cure the crown prince's hemophilia. Although it is still a difficult disease to treat even today, he miraculously succeeded in curing the crown prince's hemophilia . This event earned him the emperor's trust. Incidentally, there are various theories as to why the hemophilia was cured, but ultimately it remains a mystery.
Because of all this, he enjoyed the emperor's absolute trust, and he was also very popular with the surrounding nobles. He lived surrounded by many noblewomen who thought that if they could get the same benefits from his virility, they would too. Naturally, some people became suspicious of him, and voices calling him a "charlatan" and a "heretic" rose from all sides. He was nearly assassinated by people who thought he would start manipulating the emperor's power from behind the scenes. He was stabbed in the abdomen by the assailant, but he fought back with a stick that was nearby . He survived and recovered after spending seven weeks in the hospital (lol).
Nevertheless, the number of people who found him suspicious continued to grow, and when World War I began, the nobles around him started spreading rumors to bring him down. And once again, his life was in danger.
On December 17, 1916, he was assassinated at Moika Palace. Rasputin had been invited to a party by the assassins, and initially, the assassins mixed potassium cyanide into his cake and tea. However, he remained completely unfazed and continued to converse normally . As the party drew to a close, the assassins, seeing that he was not dying, decided to kill him with a revolver. They fired two shots at the drunken Rasputin from behind, but he fell once before getting up again, reportedly saying, "I opened my eyes and realized I was in danger ." Hearing the commotion, the other assassins fired more shots at him, one of which pierced his spine, yet he got up again. Shocked a second time, the assassins finally lost patience, struck him in the right eye with a candlestick, and shot him in the forehead, finally killing him . Incidentally, his body was thrown into a river.
Following this assassination, the emperor was overthrown and executed, and a new country, the Soviet Union, was established.
That concludes his life story. Finally, I would like to summarize his legends, including those that I couldn't include above.
- He cured the Crown Prince's hemophilia with a mysterious power.
- He didn't die from potassium cyanide.
- He didn't die even after being hit by several bullets.
- He finally died after being punched and shot in the forehead.
- The strength to still swing a stick even after being stabbed.
- As a child, I nearly drowned in a river and contracted pneumonia, but I survived.
- Despite liking sugar, he never brushed his teeth and had a mouth full of cavities.
- He could make any horse docile during training.
- I was able to lift things using hypnotic powers.
- He was indifferent to money and often gave it away to others without hesitation.
- He had a monstrously huge penis.
He's truly a strange monk .