Rasputin Did Not Die the Way You Were Told. The Real Account Is Stranger.
The story everyone knows about Rasputin’s death comes from one source: the man who killed him. The autopsy found no poison and no water in his lungs. He did not survive cyanide. He did not drown. A 2024 forensic evaluation concluded he was executed by a single close-range shot to the forehead. The legend was built by a man with every reason to exaggerate.
