There would be no Lenin without Rasputin. Autore: Robert K. Massie Copy Quote More from Robert K. Massie “It is one of the supreme ironies of history that the blessed birth of an only s…” “The love of power and the power to attract love were not easy to reconcile.” “In January in Northern Russia, everything vanishes beneath a deep blanket of wh…” “Gregory Rasputin, his bloodstream filled with poison, his body punctured by bul…”