Dark and dreadful images of contemporary St. Petersburg (Russia) showing an atmosphere as if the Stalin era had never gone away.

No other figure in recent Russian history has received the amount of vilification and contempt heaped upon Gregory Rasputin. The self-styled monk, who received practically little education in the intricacies of the Russian Orthodox faith, came from the rural areas of Russia and achieved great recognition as a "staretz," or holy man in the highest circles of St. Petersburg society. From rags to social prominence the life of Gregory Rasputin holds many of the events leading to the eventual overthrow of the Russian imperial system, the dethronement of the House of Romanov and the assassination of the Imperial Family. Gregory Efimovich was born on January 10, 1869, in Prokovskoe, a small village in Siberia on the banks of the Tura River. As a young lad, Rasputin shocked his village by constantly finding ways to get into trouble with the authorities.

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The Full Monty is no More...

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Russian palace outside of St. Petersburg Russia.

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Decorated doors in Hermitage palace and now museum.

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This relief was on an old building in St. Petersburg, Russia. The building was in disrepair and I wondered if it will be preserved.

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St. Petersburg, New Hermitage arch on Winter canal.

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