About the book: 2012 / The book of the famous modern historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences A. N. Bokhanov is dedicated to one of the most mysterious and most famous characters not only in our country, but also world history - Grigory Rasputin. Rasputin is most often presented to the public not as a real person, but as a demonic anti-hero, a gloomy symbol of the last chapter of the existence of monarchical Russia. One of the goals of the investigation is to establish how and why the Rasputin “black legend” arose, who was its inspirator and relay. The book shows for what reasons unscrupulous and malicious gossip and rumors replaced actual facts, becoming “reliable” documents and “indisputable” evidence.