Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Gregory Rasputin" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Rasputin, Romanoff, Alexis, Guseva, Yusupov, Heliodorus, Trufanoff, Monk, Czar.
Some articles transliterate the endings of Russian names differently. For example, Heliodorus is referred to as “Trufanoff” in some articles and “Trufanov” in others.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. Rasputin was far more famous after death than during life so the majority of articles are from that era. December 1916-September 1917.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Rasputin Controls Czar: Douma Fears Astrologer"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), February 25, 1912, SOCIETY AND SECOND NEWS SECTION, Page 8, Image 22, col. 6-7.
"Court Gossip of Interesting Events on Two Continents"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), May 24, 1913, Page 10, Image 10, col. 3.
"Monk of Mystery is Stabbed by Girl"
The Daily Missoulian (Missoula, MT), July 14, 1914, Morning, Page 5, Image 5, col. 4.
"Russian Monk the Absolute Master of Czar"
The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL), July 26, 1914, SECTION TWO, Page 8, Image 16, col. 1-2.
"Is Russia's Real Ruler"
Yorkville Enquirer (Yorkville, SC), August 14, 1914, Image 4, col. 3-5.
"A Siberian, Russia's Ruler"
The Ogden Standard (Ogden City, UT), August 15, 1914, 4 P.M. City Edition, MAGAZINE SECTION, Image 19, col. 1-7.
"Who is Rasputin?"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), December 3, 1916, Image 37, col. 1-4.
"Rasputin Lured to Death in Palace, London Hears"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), January 3, 1917, Page 3, Image 3, col. 2-3.
"Rasputin's Death Ends Intrigues"
Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), January 3, 1917, Night Extra, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.
"Mystic Peasant Who Ruled Czar"
The Sun (New York, NY), January 7, 1917, Section 5 Special Feature Supplement, Image 55, col. 1-8.
"Ruled Russia by Superstition"
Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), March 26, 1917, Page 9, Image 9, col. 7.
"Rasputin, the Black Monk," Vividly Shown on Film at Park Theatre"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), September 14, 1917, Page 9, Image 9, col. 7.

Gregory Rasputin: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America