There would be no Lenin without Rasputin. Autore: Robert K. Massie Copy Quote More from Robert K. Massie “For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied.” “To prove to [her friend, Swedish diplomat Count] Gyllenborg that she was not su…” “Gregory Rasputin, his bloodstream filled with poison, his body punctured by bul…” “The love of power and the power to attract love were not easy to reconcile.”