Perpetrator
Vladimir Purishkevich
- Born
- 24 August 1870
- Died
- 1 February 1920, aged about 50
- Record
- Wikidata Q545353 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in The Killing of Rasputin
Far-right Duma deputy who had denounced Rasputin's influence in a November 1916 speech; said he fired the shots in the courtyard.
1916–1917 · Moika Palace, Petrograd · Never caught
Poisoned cakes, a man who would not die, a body under the ice: the famous story comes from one of Rasputin's killers. The autopsy tells a plainer one. Read the case.
Dated events
Purishkevich attacks Rasputin's influence in a speech in the Duma.