Rasputin quickly gained Nicholas and Alexandra's trust and friendship by stopping the bleeding of their haemophiliac son, Alexis. ... Although Rasputin maintained the posture of a humble and holy peasant in the presence of the royal family, the Russian people witnessed the true Rasputin; a drunk that spent his time seducing many women and claiming that it had a purifying and healing effect. ...
Background and During the Cooling of Relations The Second World War drastically changed the political map of the world, and especially the European continent. The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role which played the great powers - the US, the USSR, England, and at the last stage of the war France - increasingly reflect the new balance of power in the world. Neither Britain nor France, nor even, defeated Germany could not play in the post-war period of the previous role of the guarantor of balance a...
