Where is Rasputin buried? “He died to save us”: who mocks the memory of G

Grigory Rasputin is a well-known and controversial figure in Russian history, debates about which have been going on for a century. His life is filled with a mass of inexplicable events and facts related to his proximity to the emperor’s family and influence on the fate of the Russian Empire. Some historians consider him an immoral charlatan and a swindler, while others are confident that Rasputin was a real seer and healer, which allowed him to gain influence over the royal family.

Rasputin Grigory Efimovich was born on January 21, 1869 in the family of a simple peasant Efim Yakovlevich and Anna Vasilievna, who lived in the village of Pokrovskoye, Tobolsk province. The day after his birth, the boy was baptized in a church with the name Gregory, which means “awake.”

Grisha became the fourth and only surviving child of his parents - his older brothers and sisters died in infancy due to poor health. At the same time, he was also weak from birth, so he could not play enough with his peers, which became the reason for his isolation and craving for solitude. It was in early childhood that Rasputin felt an attachment to God and religion.

At the same time, he tried to help his father graze cattle, drive a cab, harvest crops and participate in any agricultural work. There was no school in the Pokrovsky village, so Grigory grew up illiterate, like all his fellow villagers, but he stood out among others because of his illness, for which he was considered defective.

At the age of 14, Rasputin became seriously ill and was almost dying, but suddenly his condition began to improve, which, according to him, happened thanks to the Mother of God, who healed him. From that moment, Gregory began to deeply understand the Gospel and, not even knowing how to read, was able to memorize the texts of the prayers. During that period, the gift of foresight awakened in the peasant son, which later prepared for him a dramatic fate.

Monk Grigory Rasputin

At the age of 18, Grigory Rasputin made his first pilgrimage to the Verkhoturye Monastery, but decided not to take a monastic vow, but to continue wandering through the holy places of the world, reaching the Greek Mount Athos and Jerusalem. Then he managed to establish contacts with many monks, wanderers and representatives of the clergy, which in the future historians associated with the political meaning of his activities.

Royal family

The biography of Grigory Rasputin changed its direction in 1903, when he arrived in St. Petersburg, and the palace doors opened before him. At the very beginning of his arrival in the capital of the Russian Empire, the “experienced wanderer” did not even have a means of subsistence, so he turned to the rector of the theological academy, Bishop Sergius, for help. He introduced him to the confessor of the royal family, Archbishop Feofan, who by that time had already heard about Rasputin’s prophetic gift, legends about which were spread throughout the country.

Grigory Efimovich met Emperor Nicholas II during a difficult time for Russia. Then the country was gripped by political strikes and revolutionary movements aimed at overthrowing the tsarist government. It was during that period that a simple Siberian peasant managed to make a powerful impression on the tsar, which made Nicholas II want to talk for hours with the wanderer-seer.

Thus, the “elder” acquired enormous influence on the imperial family, especially on. Historians are confident that Rasputin’s rapprochement with the imperial family occurred thanks to Gregory’s help in treating his son and heir to the throne, Alexei, who had hemophilia, against which traditional medicine was powerless in those days.

There is a version that Grigory Rasputin was not only a healer for the tsar, but also a chief adviser, as he had the gift of clairvoyance. “The man of God,” as the peasant was called in the royal family, knew how to look into the souls of people and reveal to Emperor Nicholas all the thoughts of the king’s closest associates, who received high positions at the Court only after agreement with Rasputin.

In addition, Grigory Efimovich participated in all government affairs, trying to protect Russia from a world war, which, in his conviction, would bring untold suffering to the people, general discontent and revolution. This was not part of the plans of the instigators of world war, who plotted against the seer, aimed at eliminating Rasputin.

Conspiracy and murder

Before committing the murder of Grigory Rasputin, his opponents tried to destroy him spiritually. He was accused of whipping, witchcraft, drunkenness, and depraved behavior. But Nicholas II did not want to take into account any arguments, since he firmly believed in the elder and continued to discuss all state secrets with him.

Therefore, in 1914, an “anti-Rasputin” conspiracy arose, initiated by the prince, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich Jr., who later became the commander-in-chief of all military forces of the Russian Empire during the First World War, and Vladimir Purishkevich, who was an actual state councilor at that time.

It was not possible to kill Grigory Rasputin the first time - he was seriously wounded in the village of Pokrovskoye by Khionia Guseva. During that period, while he was on the verge between life and death, Nicholas II decided to participate in the war and announced mobilization. At the same time, he continued to consult with the recovering seer about the correctness of his military actions, which again was not part of the plans of the royal ill-wishers.

Therefore, it was decided to bring the conspiracy against Rasputin to the end. On December 29 (new style), 1916, the elder was invited to the Palace of Prince Yusupov to meet with the famous beauty, the prince's wife Irina, who needed the healing help of Grigory Efimovich. There they began to treat him to food and drinks poisoned by poison, but potassium cyanide did not kill Rasputin, which forced the conspirators to shoot him.

After several shots in the back, the elder continued to fight for life and was even able to run out into the street, trying to hide from the killers. After a short chase, accompanied by gunfire, the healer fell to the ground and was severely beaten by his pursuers. Then the exhausted and beaten old man was tied up and thrown from the Petrovsky Bridge into the Neva. According to historians, once in the icy water, Rasputin died only a few hours later.

Nicholas II entrusted the investigation into the murder of Grigory Rasputin to the director of the Police Department, Alexei Vasiliev, who got on the “trail” of the killers of the healer. 2.5 months after the death of the elder, Emperor Nicholas II was overthrown from the throne, and the head of the new Provisional Government ordered a hasty end to the investigation into the Rasputin case.

Personal life

The personal life of Grigory Rasputin is as mysterious as his fate. It is known that back in 1900, during a pilgrimage to the holy places of the world, he married a peasant pilgrim like himself, Praskovya Dubrovina, who became his only life partner. Three children were born into the Rasputin family - Matryona, Varvara and Dmitry.

After the murder of Grigory Rasputin, the elder’s wife and children were subjected to repression by the Soviet authorities. They were considered “evil elements” in the country, so in the 1930s the entire peasant farm and the house of Rasputin’s son were nationalized, and the healer’s relatives were arrested by the NKVD and sent to special settlements in the North, after which their trace was completely lost. Only her daughter managed to escape from the hands of the Soviet regime, who emigrated to France after the revolution and then moved to the USA.

Predictions of Grigory Rasputin

Despite the fact that the Soviet authorities considered the elder a charlatan, the predictions of Grigory Rasputin, which he left on 11 pages, were carefully hidden from the public after his death. In his “testament” to Nicholas II, the seer pointed out that several revolutionary coups had taken place in the country and warned the tsar about the murder of the entire imperial family “ordered” by the new authorities.

Rasputin also predicted the creation of the USSR and its inevitable collapse. The elder predicted that Russia would defeat Germany in World War II and become a great power. At the same time, he foresaw terrorism at the beginning of the 21st century, which would begin to flourish in the West.

In his predictions, Grigory Efimovich did not ignore the problems of Islam, clearly indicating that Islamic fundamentalism is emerging in a number of countries, which in the modern world is called Wahhabism. Rasputin argued that at the end of the first decade of the 21st century, power in the East, namely Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, would be seized by Islamic fundamentalists who would declare "jihad" on the United States.

After this, according to Rasputin’s predictions, a serious military conflict will arise, which will last 7 years and will be the last in human history. True, Rasputin predicted one big battle during this conflict, during which at least a million people would die on both sides.

Memorial cross on the site of the chapel where Grigory Rasputin was buried. Tsarskoe Selo, Alexandrovsky Park.
Grigory Rasputin (January 9 (21), 1869 - December 16 (29), 1916) is one of the most mysterious characters in our history. Friend of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna. He came from peasants of the Tobolsk province. Thanks to his mystical gift, he was able to stop the bleeding of Tsarevich Alexei, who had hemophilia.
According to legend, while working in the field, the Mother of God appeared to Rasputin and told him about the illness of the only son of Emperor Nicholas II. Our Lady ordered Rasputin to go to St. Petersburg and save the heir to the throne.
Grigory Rasputin enjoyed unlimited influence on the royal couple - he replaced ministers, church hierarchs, and influenced domestic and foreign policy.
The enormous vitality of the Siberian “elder” allowed him to work miracles. His body, according to rumors, coped with syphilis on its own. When one of the women infected by him tried to stab him to death and wounded him in the stomach with a knife, the “old man”, collecting the fallen intestines, ran away from retribution.
But most of the mysteries are associated with the circumstances of Rasputin’s death. His killers are considered to be Prince Felix Yusupov, Vladimir Purishkevich, Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich and Lieutenant Sukhotin. They first tried to poison him, then shoot him, smashed his head, tied him up and drowned him in the Neva. After the corpse was taken out, it turned out that the “old man” had untied the ropes underwater, and only thick ice prevented him from surviving.
But there is also such a version that “In fact, Yusupov was only a decoy and bait, and not a direct killer (as he later falsely boasted) ... To kill the elder Grigory, Yusupov and others like them were taken to a special place to the masters of ritual transactions with Satan. There the holy elder was ritually killed..."
But that's not all... After the February Revolution, the remains were dug up to be reburied. The car that was transporting them broke down. It was decided to burn his corpse. And when the flames started, the dead man suddenly sat up in his coffin...

Prophecy of the holy elder Grigory Rasputin about the destruction of the Russian land:

“I feel that I will pass away before January 1. I want to tell the Russian people, dad (Tsar), mom (Tsarina) and children what they should do. If I am killed by ordinary murderers and my fellow peasants, you are the Tsar of Russia, You will not have to fear for your children. They will reign for many more centuries. But if the nobles, the aristocrats, destroy me, if they shed my blood, then their hands will be stained with my blood for 25 years and they will leave Russia. Brother will rise up against brother. they will hate and kill each other, and for 25 years there will be no peace in Russia. Tsar of the Russian land, if you hear the ringing of a bell that tells you that Gregory has been killed, know that one of yours arranged my death and none of your children will live. more than two years... And if he lives, he will pray to God for death, for he will see the shame and disgrace of the Russian land, the coming of the Antichrist, pestilence, poverty, destroyed Temples of God, spat on shrines, where everyone will become a dead man. Russian Tsar, you are killed. You will be the Russian people, and the people themselves will be cursed and become an instrument of the devil, killing each other and multiplying death throughout the world. Three times for 25 years, black robbers, servants of the Antichrist, will destroy the Russian people and the Orthodox faith. And the Russian land will perish. And I am dying, I have already died, and I am no longer among the living. Pray, pray, be strong, think of your Blessed family."

After the death of Grigory Rasputin, he was initially buried in the chapel of Seraphim of Sarov in Tsarskoe Selo. Later, in February 1917, the coffin with the remains of the elder was removed from the burial, burned, and the ashes were scattered. The chapel was later destroyed by the Bolsheviks. At the place of the elder’s first resting place there is a memorial wooden cross and a memorial plaque.

• 2011.04.09 | question
• Good evening!
• Where is Elder Grigory Rasputin buried?
• Thank you.
• Elena.
• Alexandra answers
• Thank you for revealing the family surname of Elder Gregory: Rasputin. the fact is that the village of Pokrovskoye, where the Elder is from, stood at the crossroads of two roads (Perm and somewhere else), therefore the Rasputins in this village are still a common surname. When the elder was given a passport, a soft sign turned out to be missing. The elder, in his modesty, did not focus on this and IT WAS GOD’S PROVIDENCE, otherwise the monarchy in Russia would not have fallen and we would not have had a Tsar-Redeemer, slandered, slandered, desecrated... A rumor spread through St. Petersburg that this was not his real surname, but a nickname for debauchery from his youth... And off we go... Alexey Tolstoy, rewriting A. Vyrubova’s diaries in his own (or rather, custom) way, tells in plain text about Rasputin’s connection with the empress (forgive me, God). And all because of the omitted soft sign. The elder was interred in the Alexander Park of Tsarskoye Selo on the territory of the Church of Seraphim of Sarov, which was built by Anna Vyrubova. He was buried secretly. A. Vyrubova and the royal children visited the elder’s grave every day while walking through the park. The Empress visited the grave on Saturdays and Sundays after the service. On March 6 (old style), 1917, the elder’s grave was desecrated. On March 11, the remains were burned in the furnace of the steam boiler of the Polytechnic Institute. But, as you know, even in open-hearth furnaces at a temperature of 900 degrees, more than 10 kg. bones remain. Therefore, they were collected and taken to the Piskarsky forest, where they were scattered under the trees in the hope that wild animals would carry them away. There is another version: “ACT of burning the corpse of Grigory Raputin. We, the undersigned, between 3 and 7 o’clock on the night of March 10-11, jointly burned the body of Grigory Rasputin, brought in a car by the representative of the Temporary Committee of the State Duma, Philip Petrovich Kupchinsky in the presence of a representative from the mayor of Petrograd. The burning itself took place in the forest near the high road from Lesnoy to the village of Piskarevka in the absolute absence of other witnesses besides us, who put their hands below. F. KUPCHINSKY and others. Further - a note: "" Recently , having visited this burning site, I saw an inscription on one of the birches near the former fire, in German: “Hier ist der Hund begraben.” ("The dog is buried here"). And then there is this inscription: “The corpse of Rasputin Grigory was burned here, on the night of March 10-11, 1917.” Statement by an eyewitness to the burning: “In the rays of the fire, I now saw the preserved face of Grigory Rasputin completely open and clear. A well-groomed thin beard, a missing eye, a broken head at the back of the head. Everything else has been preserved. Hands like a living one. The silk shirt in woven colors seemed completely fresh." ************************************************ ************ Alexander Park of Tsarskoye Selo (At the burial site of Elder Gregory).
• 2011.04.08 | question
• I came across an interesting site, this information may be useful. Theodora.
• http://chin-pokayaniya.ru/news.php?id=58
• Alexandra answers
• Thank you. Posted in Guestbook. They performed this ceremony last year as well.
• 2011.04.08 | question
• Zdravstvjte. Izvinite, pochemu na gerbe Rossii y orla dve golovi?
• Iskazhat tvarenie Bozhee greh or net?
• Thank you.
• Alexandra answers
• Evgeniy, have you switched to the Latin alphabet?
• At all times, coats of arms have used special symbolism (this is no longer the Creation of God). And in general, a coat of arms is a symbol.
• The oldest known image of the Double-Headed Eagle dates back to the 13th century BC.
• This is a rock carving of a Double-Headed Eagle capturing two birds with one stone. It served as the Coat of Arms of the Hittite kings.
• Hittite Kingdom reached its peak in the second millennium BC in the territory of Asia Minor.
• Its population consisted of several multilingual tribes. But the most interesting thing is that their languages ​​had similarities with the Slavic language. [Many researchers consider the Hittites to be a Slavic people.]
• What is important for us in this story is that the Double-Headed Hittite Eagle, as it were, consolidates the traces of the ancient Slavs in their historical movement.
• And, understanding this, we can say - not by chance, but providentially, the Double-Headed Eagle passed to Byzantium, and then to Russia, thereby realizing deep historical and spiritual continuity coming from ancient times.
• Two centuries later, the Double-Headed Eagle is discovered in the Median Kingdom, during the reign of the Median King Cyaxares.
• Then a whole legend takes us back to the time of the great Caesar and tells us about the appearance of the Double-Headed Eagle in Ancient Rome.
• From it we learn that the eagle that hovered over the head of Julius Caesar at His entry into Rome suddenly kills two kites, which, like meteors, fall at the feet of the illustrious Emperor. And this memorable event was a sign of a very important strategic victory for Caesar and served as a reason for perpetuating the memory of this marvelous eagle.
• In 326, Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine the Great affirms this ancient Image as His Emblem.
• After the founding of the new capital of the Roman Empire - Constantinople - in 330, the Double-Headed Eagle became the State symbol of the Second Rome, a symbol of the dual Empire, which consisted of two parts: western and eastern.
• In the minds of Orthodox Christians, this Coat of Arms still affirms the Divine Authority, which takes care of the Church of Christ. During the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great, Christians emerged from the catacombs and the construction of God's temples began.
• More centuries passed.
• Throughout all this time, starting with the Holy Equal to the Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, and before Him and under the Holy Equal to the Apostles Grand Duchess Olga, the Russian people maintained good and respectful relations with Constantinople.
• After the Baptism of Rus' in 988, spiritual unity emerged, due to the common fundamental Orthodox Faith. Therefore it is not surprising that appearance of the Double-Headed Eagle in Rus' associated with the dynastic marriage of Grand Duke John the Third Vasilyevich to Sophia Paleologus, the niece of the last Byzantine Emperor Constantine the Twelfth Palaiologos.
• The Double-Headed Eagle testified to the high origin of Sophia and was perceived as a symbol of the continuity by Russia of the spiritual heritage of the Byzantine Empire - the Second Rome.
• From now on, for many centuries, the Double-Headed Eagle will become a symbol of Russian statehood.
• The Double-Headed Eagle was first installed on the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin back in the 1480s, after the liberation of Rus' from the Tatar-Mongol yoke.
• By the way, the personal coat of arms of Emperor Alexander II depicts a single-headed eagle.

Rasputin's grave is an unofficial landmark of Tsarskoye Selo. There is even a makeshift memorial erected at the site of the supposed burial of a close friend of the imperial family. However, was Rasputin really buried there, were his remains actually recovered, and why do people make a pilgrimage to a fake grave? Let's try to answer these questions.

Why does Rasputin’s grave attract tourists?

Grigory Rasputin was one of the most mysterious personalities of the decline of the Russian Empire. Some consider him a clairvoyant and soothsayer who had a unique gift of healing. It was precisely because Rasputin alleviated the suffering of the Tsar’s son Alexei, who had hemophilia, that the imperial family treated the elder very warmly.

Friendship with Nicholas II and Alexandra Fedorovna brought Grigory Rasputin wide fame in the highest circles of Russian society, and the mysterious old man gained enormous influence over the ruling family.

However, there is another opinion, according to which the Tobolsk peasant Rasputin was an ordinary charlatan, a drunkard and a libertine, taking advantage of his high position. The most important sin that is attributed to him (besides those just listed) is that he discredited the authority of the imperial family at the most important moment - at the height of the World War.

Rasputin is an odious figure, and his life is shrouded in many secrets and is still the subject of heated debate, which is why everything connected with this old man, including his grave, is so attractive.

Homemade cross in Tsarskoye Selo

The place to which the authors of the idea of ​​canonizing Rasputin regularly make a pilgrimage is the grave on the territory of Alexander Park, which belongs to the structure of the Tsarskoe Selo State Museum.

The cross at the site of the supposed burial appeared in the early 2000s. The memorial was erected by proactive citizens who honor the odious old man.

And although most experts believe that the real burial place of Rasputin does not coincide with the location of the cross, this does not stop numerous pilgrims - the memorial symbol itself and the atmosphere that reigns here are important to them.

Since the memorial was erected without the consent of the administration of the museum-reserve, it is possible that, however, admirers of Grigory Rasputin may prevent such a development of events if they reach an agreement with Tsarskoe Selo.

Where is Rasputin really buried?

Authoritative experts are inclined to believe that Rasputin’s real grave is located on the territory of the former possessions of Anna Vyrubova. This land plot belongs to the structure of the Agrarian University of Tsarskoye Selo.
At the same time, we can only say about the approximate location of the grave; it is not possible to establish exact coordinates.

Those who want to visit not the homemade memorial, which has acquired cult status, but the true burial place of Grigory Rasputin, can contact the staff of the Tsarskoye Selo Museum-Reserve, who will kindly indicate the correct path to the grave.

What happened to the remains of the murdered old man?

According to the official version, in February 1917, the coffin with the remains of Grigory Rasputin was healed by revolutionary soldiers and burned in a boiler room near Poklonnaya Gora.

And according to the unofficial version, the revolutionaries did not burn Rasputin at all, but a man similar to him - a certain Shchetinin, who looked like a friend of the imperial family. Rasputin himself was allegedly secretly reburied in Peterhof on the personal orders of Alexandra Fedorovna.

The second version excites the imagination of lovers of mysticism, forcing them to look for Rasputin’s grave where it most likely does not exist. And the official history is quite satisfactory for those who do not believe in the legends and the bright image of Rasputin himself.

When talking about Tsar Nicholas II, one cannot ignore the personality of Grigory Efimovich Rasputin.
For many people, he was the personification of dark forces - an "evil genius." For the royal family - a holy elder, a man of God, endowed with grace-filled gifts.
Today, to talk about him, we need to choose whose point of view is more important for us - historians, journalists, writers, saints...

Much has been written about Grigory Rasputin, but for the first time the Russian scientist and publicist Oleg Platonov, in the book “LIFE FOR THE TSAR” (The Truth about Grigory Rasputin), analyzed these “works,” which turned out to be ordinary fakes. With documents in hand, the author of this book proves: the image of Rasputin - the all-powerful temporary worker - was created to please the forces that were destroying Russia and the Royal Throne. There is nothing in common between the fictional Rasputin and the real person.
For those who are not familiar with historical documents, I will cite a book by O.A. Platonov on the website.
"LIFE FOR THE TSAR" (The Truth about Grigory Rasputin)

For myself, I determined my attitude towards Grigory Efimovich Rasputin based on his pilgrimage notes. All the thoughts in them are very close to me. A hundred years have passed, but Russia has the same problems - “Woe from Wit.”
We are still trying to “master knowledge” and do not trust the Creator.
And the pain for Russia is in the words of Rasputin: “...All of Russia is confused and the flock does not recognize its shepherd in it, that is, in the homeland one must love the homeland and the Father - the Tsar - the Anointed of God who has been installed in it.”
And yet, I personally believe that it is impossible to deceive a child and for this reason I subscribe to the words of Tsarevich Alexei:
There was a saint - Grigory Efimovich, but he was killed.

Living in Tsarskoe Selo, you inevitably come into contact with the history of the royal family and its entourage. In winter, while skiing in Alexander Park, I saw a worship cross.

I found the following information about him on the Internet:
On November 16, 2005, in St. Petersburg, in the Alexander Park of Tsarskoe Selo, the consecration of a worship cross took place on the site of the former construction of the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov and the first burial of Grigory Efimovich Rasputin.
At the gathering of a few believers from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Ryazan, the rite of consecration of the cross was performed by the priest of the Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, Fr. Andrey Alekseev.

In the center of the cross, installed at the burial site of Grigory Rasputin on the eve of November 15, there is an icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov. The height of the cross reaches two and a half meters.
Information flows to the site like spring streams.
Newspaper NEVSKOYE VREMA for March 28, 2007 "VERNISAGE":

“On March 27, 2007, an exhibition of one exhibit opened at the Museum of Political History.
We are talking about the act of burning the body of Grigory Rasputin. This document disappeared from the State Historical Archive of the Leningrad Region in the 70-80s. In 1995, in a trash heap, a man from Pesochny found some yellow paper, it was written about Rasputin and had Lunacharsky’s signature.
It was a find of an all-Russian scale.

Today, the act of burning Rasputin’s body is one of the outstanding rarities of the museum’s collection of material relics about the personality and role of Rasputin in the political history of Russia at the beginning of the 20th century.
A document with a shocking title appeared during the turbulent events of the first days of the February Revolution of 1917.
The embalmed body of the murdered “elder” was brought from Tsarskoe Selo to Petrograd, where it was burned in the boiler room of the Polytechnic Institute on the night of March 11, 1917. The participants in this action drew up an act in which the very fact of the burning was recorded, but the location was indicated in a veiled form: “near the big road Lesnoy to Piskarevka in the forest.” This was done deliberately to prevent Rasputin’s admirers from turning the boiler room into a place of worship.”

Yesterday I posted a newspaper clipping, but today I will have to add clarifications:

The best thing to do is go to the exhibition and see the document with your own eyes.

History of the museum

The State Museum of Political History of Russia is the successor to the State Museum of the Revolution (SMR), created on October 9, 1919 by decree of the Petrograd Council of Workers and Red Army Deputies. The creation of the museum was initiated by prominent figures of the Bolshevik Party, the populist movement, and representatives of the humanitarian intelligentsia. The first board of the museum included G.E. Zinoviev, A.V. Lunacharsky, M.V. Novorussky, A.M. Gorky, O.F. Oldenburg, V.I. Sreznevsky, P.E. Shchegolev. The official opening of the museum took place on January 11, 1920 in the halls of the first and second floors of the Winter Palace.

The State Museum of the Revolution became the country's first historical and revolutionary museum. By the mid-20s, he had a unique collection of revolutionary banners, a valuable collection of leaflets from various political parties, posters, and material relics of that time. The branches of the museum in these years were the Arakcheev estate in Gruzino, the Trubetskoy bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Shlisselburg Fortress, memorial museums of V.I. Lenin: the museum-apartment on Shirokaya Street, 48; room and office in Smolny; "Barn" and "Shalash" in Razliv. In 1937, all memorial museums were transferred to a branch of the Central Museum of V.I. Lenin.

For twenty-five years the Winter Palace was the location of the State Museum of the Revolution. In 1955, two new buildings were transferred to the museum: the Kshesinskaya and Brant mansions.

But for those for whom this is not available, information from the museum website:

"One Piece Exhibition"
presents documentary relic

The document appeared during the turbulent events of the first days of the February Revolution of 1917. In early March, the Provisional Government decided to destroy without a trace the remains of the scandalous favorite of the imperial family G.E. Rasputin, killed on the night of December 17, 1916 in the palace of Prince F.F. Yusupova. Head of Government Prince G.E. Lvov and Minister of Justice A.F. Kerensky was seriously afraid that his burial would become a rallying point for the “dark forces” of supporters of the monarchy.

On March 7, 1917, the grave of G.E., secretly built under the altar of an unfinished chapel on the outskirts of Alexander Park in Tsarskoye Selo, was discovered and dug up. Rasputin. Rasputin's embalmed body was transported to Petrograd, and then a secret operation was organized to destroy it. After the burning of a corpse in the boiler room of the Polytechnic Institute on the night of March 11, 1917, the participants in this action drew up an act in which the fact of burning was recorded, but its place was indicated in a veiled form.

The document entered the funds of the State Museum of the Revolution. In the mid-1930s. Among other “non-exhibition materials,” it was transferred to the State Historical Archives of the Leningrad Region (GIALO), from where the document was subsequently stolen. In 1995, with the help of city residents and Radio Baltika employees, the unique document was returned to its original storage location in the Museum of Political History of Russia. Today it is one of the outstanding rarities of the museum collection, which has a unique collection of documentary, photo and material relics about the personality and role of G.E. Rasputin in the political history of Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century.

There is not a word about whose signature it is, but clearly not Lunacharsky, he was not a member of the Provisional Government:
The events of 1917 found him in Geneva, where, speaking at a rally on January 9, he argued that “Russia must now take advantage of the powerlessness of the government and the fatigue of the soldiers in order to carry out a radical revolution with the help of the revolution.” After the February Revolution of 1917, leaving his wife and son in Switzerland, he returned to Russia, was a delegate to the first All-Russian Congress of Soviets, which began on June 3, 1917, but on June 13 he was arrested by the Provisional Government and imprisoned in the Kresty prison.

The search for true performers led me to the page:
Journalist_ April 2005_ Page 90.htm

The second time the topic of “Rasputin’s funeral” surfaced after the February Revolution of 1917. She was resuscitated by none other than A.F. Kerensky, then Minister of Justice of the Provisional Government. Members of the new cabinet of ministers were extremely concerned that the burial place of the Tsar's favorite would become known to the general public. In this case, various provocations and unrest were to be expected. The grave itself could become a place of worship for Rasputin's many admirers and, ultimately, contribute to monarchist propaganda. This could not be allowed to happen. Therefore, the ministers of the Provisional Government instructed their colleague, A.F. Kerensky, to deal with this issue.

Kerensky was a knowledgeable and experienced man. He had verified information that Rasputin was buried not just anywhere, but in Petrograd. But Kerensky did not know the exact burial place. The minister was unable to undertake a serious investigation due to being too busy. And he “leaked” this information to journalists he knew - Birzhevye Vedomosti reporter V.I. Lagansky and the editor of the newspaper “Novoe Vremya” A.A. Suvorin (son of the famous media magnate A.S. Suvorin). Why exactly were Petrograd journalists entrusted with such a responsible and delicate mission?

“This question is easy to answer,” says A.G., senior researcher at the Museum of Political History of Russia. Kalmykov. - The provisional government was in power for only three weeks. He simply did not have the appropriate resources. The old police apparatus was destroyed during the revolution, and a new one has not yet been created. In addition, the government was afraid to take full responsibility and tried to conduct the matter secretly. Journalists close to Kerensky thus became ideal candidates for conducting a covert operation. They were decisive, proactive, and had the skills to conduct investigative journalism.”

Newspapers eagerly began searching for the elder’s grave, realizing that they could become the authors of a sensation and even go down in history in some way. They began to think logically. The former Empress Alexandra Feodorovna practically never left her residence - the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoe Selo (now the city of Pushkin). Apparently it’s worth looking for the elder’s grave there. On March 8, Lagansky and Suvorin arrived in Tsarskoe Selo. Already the first, superficial survey of random passers-by brought good luck. An officer of the local garrison, Captain Klimov, admitted to journalists that since December 1916, soldiers from his battery have been assigned to a mysterious guard in a remote place in Alexander Park. Lagansky, along with the captain and a dozen soldiers, headed to the park and discovered a small wooden chapel there. Having opened the wooden frame, the soldiers discovered a half-buried lead coffin. It contained the embalmed corpse of a man in a red shirt with a large bushy beard. There were traces of bullet wounds on the body. The fact that it was Rasputin’s corpse was also confirmed by the discovered icon with the signatures of the empress, her daughters and maid of honor Anna Vyrubova.

The news that the grave of Grishka Rasputin had been found in Alexander Park immediately spread throughout Tsarskoye Selo. The soldiers of the garrison and numerous onlookers flocked to the burial site. A rally spontaneously arose, the situation began to heat up, which was in no way included in the plans of the Provisional Government. And at this moment another character appears on the stage - reporter of the Petrogradsky Leaf newspaper F.P. Kupchinsky.

An experienced journalist, he was a war correspondent for the Rus newspaper in the Far East during the Russo-Japanese War. His revealing articles about incompetent command, corruption and theft in the army were a huge success. The commandant of Port Arthur, Lieutenant General A.M., was especially punished in these publications. Stoessel. At the time of the surrender of the fortress, Kupchinsky was in Port Arthur. He did not want to surrender to the Japanese and attempted to escape from the besieged city. Kupchinsky and a group of soldiers set out on a Chinese scow from Arthur to Yingkou, but they were intercepted by a Japanese destroyer on the open sea. The reporter was held captive for almost a year and returned to Russia only after the end of hostilities. In the camp, he repeatedly had clashes with officers who could not forgive Kupchinsky for his anti-army publications. In 1909, the reporter was arrested by the security department on a trumped-up charge of disclosing state secrets and spent several months in prison. In general, he was an experienced and experienced person.

Kupchinsky arrived in Tsarskoe Selo with the mandate of a representative of the State Duma. He already had instructions from the Provisional Government to destroy the corpse. After consulting, the journalistic “troika” consisting of Kupchinsky, Suvorin and Lagansky began to act decisively. Officers from the commandant's office and the station chief began to help them. A protocol was drawn up with the following content: “March 9, 1917. Tsarskoye Selo. We, the undersigned, this March 9 witnessed how the Commissioner of the State Duma F.P. Kupchinsky, in our presence, reloaded the coffin-bound body of Grigory Rasputin (Novykh) from a freight car onto a car platform for transportation to Petrograd. We undertake to keep this act secret from the general public. Signed by: Authorized State. Duma F. KUPCHINSKY. Commandant Art. Tsarskoe Selo great. SKRYABIN. Witnesses: A. SUVORIN. The head of the garrison is Colonel KOBYLINSKY.”

The coffin with Rasputin was taken to Petrograd in a truck. It was officially announced that the reburial would take place at the Volkov cemetery. For one day the coffin stood in the building of the Stables Department. Then Kupchinsky decided to act alone and released Suvorin and Lagansky. They were emotional people and could ruin the whole thing. Kupchinsky equipped a small detachment and on the evening of March 10, in two cars, drove to the northeastern outskirts of Petrograd. It was supposed to find a secluded place in the forest at night, make a fire and burn Rasputin’s corpse on it.

stuck truck
However, the carefully developed plan failed. On the way to Piskarevka station the snow became deeper and deeper. The truck barely moved and finally buried itself in the snowdrifts. A slight panic seized the accompanying soldiers in the night forest. Even the dead Rasputin inspired them with superstitious fear. Then Kupchinsky went in a car to the nearby Polytechnic Institute. There he presented documents and demanded help. The reporter was given six student police officers and another truck. With the help of the students, they managed to light a fire in a grove near the highway and place Rasputin’s body on it. Four hours later it was all over. Kupchinsky returned to the Polytechnic Institute and drew up an official report in the guardhouse. Here is his text:

We, the undersigned, between 3 and 7 o'clock on the night of March 10-11, jointly burned the body of Grigory Rasputin, brought in a car by the representative of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma, Philip Petrovich Kupchinsky, in the presence of a representative from the mayor of Petrograd.

The burning itself took place near the high road from Lesnoy to the village of Piskarevka in the absolute absence of other witnesses except us, who had put our hands below it.

F. KUPCHINSKY, representative from the mayor, captain of the 16th Ulan Novoarkhangelsk regiment KOGADEEV, students of the Polytechnic Institute, policemen: S. BOGACHEV, I. ​​MOKLOVICH, R. FISHER, M. SHABASHOV, V. VLADIKOV, LIKHVITSKY.

The act was drawn up in my presence and I certify the signatures of those who signed it. Ensign PARVOV on guard duty.”

The act was sent to the Chairman of the Provisional Government, Prince G.E. Lvov. A few days later, in the Petrogradsky Leaf newspaper, Kupchinsky colorfully described the events that took place, although without indicating the exact location of the burial.

A walk through the spring park in April 2007 again brought me to a remote place in Alexander Park.
It's nice to see that in just a year this place has begun to look more worthy.
Maybe, through our prayers, the chapel of St. Petersburg will one day be revived in this place. Seraphim of Sarov.

First, a little bit of the recent past:

Broadcast on 12/28/2006 of a political science program on “Orthodox Radio” with the permanent director of “Orthodox Radio of St. Petersburg” Sergei Evgenievich Vasiliev

"S.E. Vasiliev: The Nativity Fast is underway. Tomorrow at 12 o'clock we will gather at the Moskovskaya metro station near the buses going towards Pulkovo. And at 12.30 in the Alexander Park of Tsarskoye Selo at the burial site of Elder Grigory, Grigory Efimovich Rasputin, a memorial service for the murdered servant of God Gregory in connection with the upcoming 90th anniversary of his death. After the memorial service, the Tsarskoye Selo Regional History Museum will host the premiere of the film “The Most Serene Tsar’s Serene Friend,” directed by Anna Moskvina, created for the 90th anniversary of the death of Elder Gregory Now in England. English intelligence archives have been revealed, which describe in detail how the British government was concerned about the strengthening of Tsarist Russia. You need to know that by 1916, the successes of the Russians on the Caucasian front were such that Russian troops were only two days' march from the Persian Gulf. what would have happened if Persia had also been given under the feet of the white king? Then all of Asia would have been “cut off”, all transit routes from India, which at that time belonged to England, and from all the colonies would have been blocked. And access to oil resources too. And, of course, the British could not allow this and tried in every possible way to weaken Russia and the head of the Russian throne - the Emperor. The following blow was dealt: Elder Gregory was killed. Now these documents have been published, you can read them...

I came across a wonderful book and opened it on the app. There is a list of persons present at the burial of the body of Grigory Efimovich Rasputin on December 21, 1916. There was the holy Emperor Nicholas, the holy Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, the holy Grand Duchesses Olga Nikolaevna, Tatyana Nikolaevna, Maria Nikolaevna and Anastasia Nikolaevna... Can you imagine that six saints were also present at the grave at the same time at the burial? You can honor the elder and pray for him for two days. If I explained it wrong, forgive me, a sinner. "

Today is 21.11.09 and this book by M.Yu. Meshchaninov came into my hands. "Serafimovsky infirmary-shelter of A.A. Vyrubova in Tsarskoe Selo. The truth about the burial place of Grigory Rasputin." / Ed. 2nd, Spanish and additional - St. Petersburg: Tsarskoye Delo Publishing House, 2006.

Here are a few excerpts from it:
“Once, driving a car through the forest adjacent to the palace park, Captain Klimov was stopped by several gendarmes and, when he began to ask why he was stopped, the gendarmes categorically stated that he should return back, since travel here was prohibited. During an argument with the gendarmes a whole crowd of detectives and security officials jumped out of the forest and all of them with extraordinary haste insisted that Klimov return back. Klimov turned the car and slowly drove back to the city, to Tsarskoye Selo, and at that time a sleigh on which [the Empress] was sitting drove past him ] Alexandra Feodorovna and [Grand Duchess] Olga.

After this incident, Klimov again returned to the place from which he was returned, but on foot. Here he noticed a path leading away from the road into the depths of the forest. Having explored this path, he found that it led through the forest to the edge of it, where some wooden buildings were being built.

But Colonel Maltsev had already been informed that Captain Klimov was looking for something and was wandering along a mysterious path. "Klimov was immediately transferred from the air battery to another unit and had to stop his search."
Now is the time to stop at the burial place of G.E. Rasputin - the “chapel”, which many eyewitnesses write about. In fact, we are talking about the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov at the St. Seraphim infirmary-shelter for war invalids No. 79. It was built in Tsarskoye Selo Park on land acquired by A. A. Vyrubova at her own expense. The shelter and temple were located in a small clearing surrounded by tall trees, on the right bank of the 2nd Lama Pond just opposite the Lama Stables. A beautiful linden alley led to them from the Farmer's Park.

The wooden temple was built by A. A. Vyrubova in 1916-1917. designed by architects S. A. Danini (1867-1942) and S. Yu. Sidorchuk (1862-1925) in memory of her deliverance from death in a train crash on January 2, 1915. The construction work was carried out by Colonel Maltsev.

“The laying of Anya’s church,” the Empress reported to the Emperor in a letter on November 5, 1916, “went well, our Friend was there, as well as the glorious Bishop Isidore, Bishop Melchizedek and our Father:”

In a little over a month, Bishop Isidore (Kolokolov, 1866-1918) will sing the funeral service for G.E. Rasputin in the Chesme almshouse. And “our Father” - the confessor of the Royal Family, Archpriest Alexander Vasiliev (1867-1918) will serve a litiya before the burial of the elder in the same place where he recently served during the laying of the temple:

In honor of this very bookmark, after it, there was a reception in the infirmary of A. A. Vyrubova. A photograph was taken on it - the last lifetime photograph of G. E. Rasputin. This group photo at the table, having fallen into the hands of one of the murderers of Elder V. M. Purishkevich, was reproduced by him in the amount of 9 thousand copies and distributed in the days remaining before the crime with appropriate comments that distorted the meaning of what was captured in the picture.

“Wednesday, December 21st,” Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna wrote in her diary in 1916. “At 9 o’clock, we, Father and Mother, went to the site of Anya’s building, where a litany was served and Father Gregory was buried on the left side of the future church. Holy God bless you."
According to some information, over time, it was planned to establish a monastery or even a small monastery here: “On March 21, 1917, on the elder’s birthday, they were going to found a monastery according to the design of the architect Zverev.”

“On February 27, the troops of Tsarskoe Selo joined the rebellious people. Colonel Maltsev was one of the first to be arrested in Tsarskoe Selo. All the officers and soldiers of the air battery unanimously demanded that Captain Klimov be returned to the battery and appointed its commander.”

“Having taken this post, Klimov immediately began searching for Rasputin’s grave again. After questioning the soldiers and residents, he came to the conclusion that the mysterious path he found in December 1916, near which he met Alexandra Feodorovna and Olga, really leads to Rasputin’s grave ".

He headed towards those “timber warehouses of Tsarskoye Selo”.

“The soldiers of the air battery who stood guard at Rasputin’s grave say that they themselves did not know why they were stationed here. They were told that they were guarding a warehouse of timber materials. This warehouse was located 100 fathoms from the chapel. They were ordered to guard and not allow anyone near the chapel or the forest materials. The workers who built the chapel always came along with the guards and worked under their supervision. In the evening, Alexandra Fedorovna came to the chapel, accompanied by one of her daughters, and sometimes her maid of honor Vyrubova. Colonel Maltsev accompanied her.
The soldiers standing at the post always received a silver ruble or a gift. They were immediately sent to the lumber yard to count logs and planks. Alexandra Fedorovna and her daughters or Vyrubova retired inside the chapel under construction, and Colonel Maltsev remained outside, watching the sentries.”

“When Captain Klimov began to ask [:] what was in the area of ​​the lumber yard, the guards replied that there were things belonging to the palace here. The guard explained that the guard had been there for 3 months. Captain Klimov walked around the lumber yard, but did not find any things. The square was littered with logs and boards [:] Under heavy guard, Captain Klimov opened the chapel with great caution.”

“Excavations under the chapel discovered a metal coffin containing the body of Rasputin. Captain Klimov presented the following report to the commandant of Tsarskoye Selo about his discovery:
REPORT

Having taken over the battery and become acquainted with all the posts occupied by the battery, I drew attention to the post approved by Colonel Maltsev, as Captain Lupanov reported, after the murder of Rasputin, near the 3rd half-battery, at some distance from the timber warehouse, supposedly, as the battery was told, to protect this warehouse. Bearing in mind the circulating rumors that Rasputin was buried in Tsarskoye Selo and that Colonel Maltsev took part in his burial, I, while excavating, discovered a grave at the post and found out that the warehouse for timber materials did not belong to the battery. This post has been abolished, and by your order I am guarding the grave until your order. Signed: Captain KLIMOV."

So, Captain Klimov discovered and, together with his subordinate soldiers, excavated Rasputin’s grave. (The later memoirs of journalist E. Lagansky, who wrote ten years later in Ogonyok about his direct participation in grave digging, should be recognized as nothing more than a later invention.) “Klimov immediately reported the find to the commandant of Tsarskoe Selo, and the latter notified the commander of the Petrograd Military District General Kornilov."
Explanations for the map:
1- point opposite the Lama Pavilion, which could be reached by car;
2- arch made of birch trunks;
3- the proposed location of the temple of the Seraphim’s refuge;
4- foundation of the Institute of Experimental Surgery
It is also evidence:
“Today,” The Day’s correspondent L. Bogutskaya describes the events of March 8, “at about 6 o’clock in the afternoon, I went with my colleagues from the pen, with the guard officer and with the commander of the air battery, Captain Klimov, to the grave of Rasputin. Having gone around the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoe Selo, the car rushed past the fence of the palace park, and then turned to the right into the forest adjacent to the park. In the depths of the forest, we stopped the car. Here the path opened by Captain Klimov began.

The path meanders between old fir trees, completely hiding it. Having walked about a quarter of a mile, we saw a gate cut down from young birch trees, and then a walkway, on both sides of which there were railings also made from young birch trees. The bridge ended at the edge of the forest, at the log house of an unfinished wooden chapel. About a hundred yards from the chapel you can see forest materials, which were supposedly supposed to be guarded by a sentry standing not near the forest materials, but at the chapel itself. The soldiers who stood at this post say that Alexandra Fedorovna and Her Daughters came here very often. They were usually accompanied by Colonel Maltsev. As soon as they arrived, the sentry was given a silver ruble or gifts and immediately the sentry was sent to the forest materials - “counting the logs.” If the sentry turned his head towards the chapel to see what Alexandra Feodorovna and those accompanying Her were doing at the chapel under construction, Colonel Maltsev immediately ran up to him and, scolding him in strong words, ordered him not to turn around, but to count carefully so as not to lose count.

Sometimes the officers wondered why the sentry was posted so far from the forest materials. Colonel Maltsev explained to them that the chapel had central heating, and a sentry was posted to guard this central heating.

Approaching the chapel, we walked around it and came out to the eastern wall. There should have been an altar here. Rasputin is buried under this future altar."

“We climb up along wooden boards and beams,” writes E. Lagansky, “to better see the old man’s grave dug up right under the log house. But it was already getting dark again, and nothing was visible in the black gaping hole below us. I go down, take off my coat and hat, in order to more conveniently crawl into the narrow hole made by the soldiers at the base of the frame, from where you can look into the very grave. However, several soldiers were already ahead of me. It was dark here, and only matches in the hands of the soldiers and a lit splinter illuminated the whitish mass at the very bottom with flickering lights. holes. My eye gets used to the darkness, and I discern the surroundings a little more clearly.

At a shallow depth, an arshin and a half, a hole was dug in the ground, no more than an arshin wide, from where one can see the torn lead lid of the coffin, revealing the deceased to the chest. The corpse's face turned completely black. There are pieces of frozen earth in his long dark beard and hair, and a black hole from a bullet wound on his forehead.

Pieces of tow and torn linen shroud stick out from all sides of the coffin. The head rests on a silk lace pillow. The rest of the body, together with the coffin, is still covered with earth: cap. Klimov only needed to make sure that the dead man found in the coffin was Grigory Rasputin.

Due to the darkness and the blackened face of the deceased, I find it difficult to unmistakably identify Rasputin in him. You never know who could have been buried here, especially since very knowledgeable people said that Rasputin’s corpse was sent to his homeland. Doubts take possession of me, and my eyes in this gloomy dungeon involuntarily look for evidence. Suddenly I get them. There are no more doubts. Under my beard I notice some wide, square, shiny object, I bend down with a match and take out a small wooden icon of the Virgin Mary, without any decoration or frame. On the white reverse side of the icon, in the middle, under the frost that covered the wood of the icon, the following inscriptions, written in pencil in poetic order, are clearly visible:

On the left side in the corner it is dated: 11th Dec: 1916 Novgorod. In the right corner of the board there is also an inscription made in pencil, as if with a trembling hand: Anna (Vyrubova).

My discovery makes a great impression on the soldiers. You can hear well-aimed witticisms and ironic remarks. Cap. Klimov asks me to give him the icon to hand over to the commandant of Tsarskoye Selo, Lieutenant Colonel. Matsnev. No matter how sorry it is to part with this “historical” document, I submit to necessity. Meanwhile, the rumor about the discovery of the corpse quickly spreads throughout the city and among the garrison; from everywhere, along a narrow path, among the ancient trees of the park, the hasty figures of soldiers are visible, hurrying to the Seraphim Chapel. The common people also come...