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Rasputin was a self-proclaimed spiritual healer who had great influence on the Russian tsar and the tsarina at the beginning of the 20th century. When the royal couple s son Alexei suffered bouts of bleeding due to his hemophilia, Rasputin would be called to alleviate his pain and hemorrhaging.