1916 Murder of Grigory Rasputin
One hundred years ago, on December 30, 1916, Grigory Efimovich Rasputin (Novykh), a favorite of the royal family, was killed in St. Petersburg. The assassination was organized and carried out by Far-Right Duma deputy Vladimir Purishkevich, Prince Felix Yusupov, Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, Yusupov's lover of the guard Lieutenant Sergei Sukhotin, and Purishkevich's medical train doctor Stanislav Lazovert.