He was born in 1869 in the Tyumen district of Siberia and fell in with an orthodox sect, the Skopsty, who believed that the only way to reach God was through sinful actions. He eventually made his way to St. Petersburg where church leaders were looking for charismatic people to bolster their power. In 1907 he was brought in
He was born in 1869 in the Tyumen district of Siberia and fell in with an orthodox sect, the Skopsty, who believed that the only way to reach God was through sinful actions. He eventually made his way to St. Petersburg where church leaders were looking for charismatic people to bolster their power. In 1907 he was brought in by the ruling family as a healer for their hemophiliac son, Alexander. Ultimately killed by Prince Felix Yusupov after being poisoned, shot and drowned in the Neva, FTP what man was believed to gain supernatural control over the Romanoff Tsarina.
He was born in 1869 in the Tyumen district of Siberia and fell in with an orthodox sect, the Skopsty, who believed that the only way to reach God was through sinful actions.