Maria Rasputin

Maria Rasputin

Maria Rasputina, born Matryona Grigorievna Rasputina (March 27, 1898 – September 27, 1977), was the daughter of the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin and his wife Praskovia Fyodorovna Dubrovina. Only her mother and her father called her by the name "Maria".

Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, she wrote several memoirs about her father's life, association with Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and murder.

Read more about Maria Rasputin:  Early Life, Death of Rasputin, Life Following The Revolution, Exile, Legacy

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