Noun: Rasputin ra'spyoo-tin
- Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)
- Grigori Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich Rasputin
Type of: starets
Encyclopedia: Rasputin, The Black Monk