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Rasputin was a fascinating guy. /r/colorizedhistory had a good colorized photo of him just the other day. I think it adds a little to the story.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ColorizedHistory/comments/5pcu9w/ra...

That's a pretty intense gaze... to say the least.
Impressive.

Crazy thing is that he seems almost familiar.

Galdalf from the Peter Jackson LOTR movies
lean muscular "boney" build carries you with minimum damage through the health hazards of the mid-life and the beard is the sign of high testosterone (ie. drive) while absence of boldness shows that it managed well by the body without overshooting. That basically means several decades [after the age of late 20ish early 30ish when the full maturity of the brain and body and skills/education is achieved] of active productive life pushing/studying/doing/mastering things of interest.
I read the book.

I liked this interview with the author:

http://seansrussiablog.org/2016/12/05/rasputin-the-man-and-t...

It is the author's opinion that the famous story of Rasputin's assassination was mostly made up, except for the fact he was shot and killed.