The tangent less than a minute in, Simon raging against night clubs being too loud - the script reads Moscow 1915 :p
@woolenthreads6 ай бұрын
He is also thinking in terms of a modern "disco" style nightclub, rather than the old dinner club/bar with a singer style popular till the sixties. If he thought more in terms of speakeasies, he'd probably find it more comprehensible.
@marilouba6 ай бұрын
@@woolenthreads Yeah I figured as much, that's why I found his tangent funny. Nowadays he's right, clubs are awful for any sort of meaningful socializing, but back then it was probably drinks, food and cigarettes over live music :)
@warrenreid14416 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@LockandLoad796 ай бұрын
Moscow 1915, The Hard Bass is too much for Simon.
@LuDux6 ай бұрын
There was anti-jazz compaign in Soviet Union under Stalin with slogan "Today he plays Jazz, tommorrow he will sell Motherland" (It rhymes much better in Russian). Don't know if they were angry about the volume at which people played jazz
@BlueScreenCorp6 ай бұрын
35:20 "a letter written by Rasputin shortly after his death" now that's impressive
@ThroneOfBhaal6 ай бұрын
He was a man of many talents.
@PapanikosCooks6 ай бұрын
I had to jump to that time and hear it myself 😂
@ZasukiJean6 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@donaldmacarthur6 ай бұрын
Someone sounds jealous that he probably won't write any letters after their own death...lol
@Datsnice976 ай бұрын
Even more amazing that he wrote it after his death when he was also half illiterate.. must of learnt how to read and write after he died 😂
@valolafson60356 ай бұрын
Hearing him say RaraRasputin like that, sets my brain on edge.
@vehicles_n_stuff6 ай бұрын
Yeah, it sounds like he’s buffering
@CTKnight6 ай бұрын
As someone with hemophilia, aspirin is like a boogeyman for people with clotting issues not only because of its blood thinning effect, but because that effect sticks around for so much longer than other modern medications, so if doctors were giving Alexei the stuff, the real miracle is that he remained such an active kid. Also, major props to Simon and Arnaldo for one of the best, most realistic (and pretty accurate) and non-sensationalized descriptions of Hemophilia I’ve heard on a KZfaq essay.
@mattiemathis95496 ай бұрын
A gal I knew had the opposite problem, but didn’t find out until she was pregnant. She was older and it was her 4th pregnancy so they did an amnio. After testing her parents they realized she inherited a “hyper” clotting condition from each parent, each condition affecting her clotting in different ways. The doctors couldn’t believe she had 3 normal pregnancies and deliveries. I didn’t realize aspirin has that effect for so long. That’s damn scary because aspirin was the go to for every parent until the 50’s or 60’s. (I think. I don’t remember when acetaminophen was created) I wonder why, if the effects are that long, people have to take one every day? Maybe they didn’t have a way to control the dose? I know aspirin comes from a plant, maybe the dosage?
@HappyBeezerStudios6 ай бұрын
@@mattiemathis9549Aspirin has a lot of effects, pain medication and blood thinning are just two of them.
@CTKnight6 ай бұрын
If I had to venture a guess (as someone who’s far from an expert on how aspirin really works) I’d say its effects are more significant and pronounced for people who already have difficulty clotting. So for people who are prescribed aspirin after a heart attack, they’d probably need to take it more regularly to maintain the same level of thinning effect. But for someone who has trouble clotting, it’d just mean that if you start bleeding internally, you’re not only bleeding for a long time (from the bleeding disorder), but you’re bleeding faster because of that little bit of aspirin still hanging around. Though that’s definitely just a guess on my part, I’m no hematologist
@alt74886 ай бұрын
the rumor is rasputin stopped Alexi taking it, not healing him as claimed
@TerenceClark6 ай бұрын
I've got a friend of mine who hates to have his picture taken, but is a dead ringer for Rasputin. So for many years on social media he just had various Rasputin pics as his profile pictures😂
@bellasmom25976 ай бұрын
That is epic
@wintergray12215 ай бұрын
Are you _sure_ he's not actually Rasputin? 👀
@jastermereel69495 ай бұрын
Wish I could see that 😂
@jessicajames66766 ай бұрын
Petition for all of Simon's more laid back channels to adopt the rant timer from BB
@flowertrue6 ай бұрын
Yes! I kept looking around the screen for it.
@Marykate4656 ай бұрын
tangent timer*
@HoundMonkey6 ай бұрын
It's just Simon's pale disembodied head floating in the darkness while two random hands wave about in front of him...
@bigdog9736 ай бұрын
Plus the occasional glimpse of his neck
@aceundead47506 ай бұрын
Simon's secretly a Haunter and we actually live in the world of Pokemon.
@ToaArcan6 ай бұрын
Simon has become an N64-era Nintendo boss.
@Bluesit326 ай бұрын
Just like Andross.
@brainspatula6 ай бұрын
The thinking man’s Max Headroom
@jrmckim6 ай бұрын
I also believe that Rasputin had a calming effect on Alexi and the Tsarina. The more calm Alexi stayed, the lower his blood pressure and pulse. In turn, this allowed his wound(s) to heal.
@davidt35636 ай бұрын
You know, I bet he had pretty good bedside manner. He had to be close to his siblings he lost, he had a lot of practice comforting the sick and dying. So I would definitely consider it very likely.
@jus__gra6 ай бұрын
Are you a viewer of count Dankula aswell?
@feartheamish91836 ай бұрын
@jus__gra jack rakham and a few others mention this aspect as well.
@MrWizeazz6 ай бұрын
Yea wasn’t it because he didn’t allow the doctors to give her son any aspirin?
@Lunch_Meat6 ай бұрын
Medical massage therapist here and you are probably on to something here. A lot of healing can be done by just working with the nervous system. I once helped a client who had nasty frozen shoulder simply by holding his shoulder in a relaxing place and talking to him about what caused the issue.
@chrisjeffery95826 ай бұрын
"Only 6 of his sibling died", yeah, it feels weird to me every time I remember that Victorian era photographs including babies where the baby isn't extremely blurry are mostly mementos after they died Exposure time meant good baby photo = dead baby photo
@BURDYMAN7776 ай бұрын
I've wondered why the baby would sometimes be so clear while the rest of the family look like a normal, grainy Victorian photo. Thanks for the new information. It will come to use while I'm out thrifting and flea marketing lol
@HappyBeezerStudios6 ай бұрын
and making photos of the dad wasn't so uncommon. Sort of like a last memento.
@EShirako5 ай бұрын
The past, in a great many ways, "Was the worst" as Simon likes to say. Especially in THIS way, the past was truly bad. And the ability to die from a scraped knee because no neosporin, no antibiotics at all, and so forth... Those death-images, though, those were a creepy variety of 'touching' in most cases. But definitely a bit creepy when viewed from our temporal/social perspective.
@jastermereel69495 ай бұрын
I actually had to look this up and do some research because I couldn’t believe it but yes you are correct. Post mortem photography was common in Victorian times
@BresciGaetano4 ай бұрын
@@EShirako if any time you scrap a knee unless you eat up anthibiotics your life is a nuisance for the rest of the biome as that imply your chimical impact is skyroket high. The past was the best becouse nature had the chance to care for this problems. If you want in the mean time creepy dead fetish shit of our days anyway wait a tinny bit more when there will be a commerciably available personal Artificial Intelligence that can mimik someone. There is no shortage of request in the chat discussing the argument from wirdos that wish to have a memento of their dead relatives. Not to mention the hope of some researcher to achive human consciousness digitalization (aka eternal existence inside a machine) I thought "ubik" from P.K.Dick was too far fetch when i was a young boy... and yet here we are at the doors.
@browninplay6 ай бұрын
I can't read or hear his name, without immediately getting the Boney M song ear wormed into my brain - so after this episode I expect it to be in there for well over a week now, thanks a lot Simon! :P
@SassyGirl8220066 ай бұрын
Same, though I don't mind it.
@flowertrue6 ай бұрын
It's on my Seventies Rock/Funk playlist.
@browninplay6 ай бұрын
Oh yeah, it's definitely going on this weekend for pre-drinks :)
@grashoppah6 ай бұрын
Ma ma ma Ma baker
@tubensalat14536 ай бұрын
Should you've woken up without that song in your brain, here's a friendly reminder. :)
@ashcatthedude6 ай бұрын
I named one of my goats Rasputin. We did it as an inside joke after learning in a homeschool history class that he smelled like a goat.
@the-chillian6 ай бұрын
Yes, the claims about "Comte de Saint-Germain" (note: probably not a real count) would make and excellent DtU. When he first popped up in European society, he was a reputed alchemist who had successfully transmuted base metals into gold, could manufacture gems, and of course had discovered the Philosopher's Stone granting him immortality. Later on, esoteric organizations like Helena Blavatsky's Theosophists regarded him as an Adept. Her writings about him are truly unhinged, but some people believe her to this day.
@valolafson60356 ай бұрын
I would watch the heck out of that.
@ignitionfrn22236 ай бұрын
8:35 - Chapter 1 - Life of grigori 21:50 - Chapter 2 - Healing powers ? 28:10 - Chapter 3 - Prophetic powers ? 37:15 - Chapter 4 - Death of grigori 45:00 - Conclusion
@sylviegauthier21456 ай бұрын
A few posters have already commented about the lighting but the sound volume is too low as well. Thank goodness for subtitles! Otherwise this is an excellent video as usual. Love watching Simon's videos!
@pmgn84446 ай бұрын
Wait. At 35:31, Rasputin wrote a letter after his death? Neat trick.
@courageandcake6 ай бұрын
Eventually all his channels will just be his head floating in the endless void. Screaming "AM I RIGHT PETER" before rambling off into tangents.
@ThroneOfBhaal6 ай бұрын
I can do it too! "But beware the shadow that creeps in the twilight, for power corrupts even the purest intentions, and the echoes of forgotten wars rumble once more. Yet, hope flickers like a candle in the storm, fueled by the courage of those who dare to listen to the whispers of the future." What does that mean? Whatever the hell you want it too whenever it could be appropriate...
@larrackell6 ай бұрын
"The sun grows dark, but lo! Here comes the dawn!"
@MrThedrachen6 ай бұрын
A+ prognostication. Can I join your cult?
@cindyscrazy6 ай бұрын
Is it me, or does the lighting on these videos get darker and darker each video? At least the shots of Simon at his desk.
@ROE6756 ай бұрын
Probably Simon was like, tidy up? Naw I'll just turn down the lights.
@stephanybrown32266 ай бұрын
Either we will get a jumpscare or Simon is slowly transforming and we can't see it.
@nicolemeiner69036 ай бұрын
okay I'm glad it's not just me, I kept turning the brightness up thinking it was my monitor
@valolafson60356 ай бұрын
Being swallowed by the void.
@barbhinc50816 ай бұрын
If you squint just right his head seems to float
@doctorlolchicken74786 ай бұрын
Rasputin was actually a Time Lord. Look at any picture of him, imagine a long multicolored scarf and a hat, possibly a robot dog. Time Lord. He was hard to kill because he had two hearts and he kept regenerating.
@Coffee-hj5di6 ай бұрын
You’re on the right track, but you got the wrong Time Lord, a crazy bombastic Time Lord who squeezed their way into the tsar’s good graces, maybe tried to become prime minister before perhaps? Via some Master-ful plan?
@RichardWatt5 ай бұрын
@@Coffee-hj5dibut would he have been played by Roger Delgado or Anthony Ainley?
@Jayjay-qe6um6 ай бұрын
Praskovya Dubrovina remained in Pokrovskoye throughout Rasputin's later travels and rise to prominence, and remained devoted to him until his death. Rasputin's daughter, Maria Rasputin, emigrated to France after the October Revolution and then to United States. There, she worked as a dancer and then a lion tamer in a circus.
@stevenanderson97196 ай бұрын
Several years ago, I was looking into Russian history and ran across a book where the author postulated that Rasputin was a calming effect on the Tsarina. By keeping the doctors away and keeping the heir calm it would appear to the superstitious that he had magical healing powers.
@Nicolesid16 ай бұрын
FYI they have tested Alexei, he had hemophilia B, Christmas disease, but the severity is unknown. The sister found with him, many assume Maria was also believed to be a carrier as she also died for tonsil surgery.
@HannesHace6 ай бұрын
I was born with hemophilia and you can live quite well these days. Given that it’s a genetic desease it’s not curable but there are medicaments to supplement the factor 8 insufficiency. Most of theses are made from blood donations. So if you are ever wondering what thats used for - this ist one Application. It’s not perfect tho. Wounds still take a lot longer to heal (better than if they weren’t at all) and sometimes there is a small permanent injury. Theses stack up over time, the joints are affected the most. I.E. my ankles aren’t in the best condition. I’m able to live like normal but I can’t go for a run longer than an hour because of prior bleedings in the past
@cellochick426 ай бұрын
Classic Whistler. Begins the episode by trying to remember the MULTIPLE videos he has done on the same topic.......as I do EXACTLY the same thing. 😂 ❤
@ThestuffthatSaralikes6 ай бұрын
I’ve always been fascinated by the Romanov’s and Rasputin’s stories so I’m super excited for this!!!! Buuut Simon is currently railing against niteclubs? so… I guess we’re getting a lot of “extra material” tonight!😊 have a good y’all!
@robmerrell17456 ай бұрын
Nothing really to say, just want to feed the algorithm.
@christopherjustice64116 ай бұрын
Here’s all you need to know. There lived a certain man, in Russia long ago. He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming gold Most people look at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the Bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher women would desire Ra-ra-Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra-ra-Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on
@ThroneOfBhaal6 ай бұрын
Oh, it doesn't say "Lather up the Russian Queen"? Oops
@demonflowerchild6 ай бұрын
What is this?
@michelleappenheimer46706 ай бұрын
So much better than the song that was stuck in my head from the last video I watched. I won't mention it. You're welcome.
@jrmckim6 ай бұрын
@demonflowerchild the song by Boney M. Got a good beat to it. Makes me wanna dance
@hankjones70546 ай бұрын
Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
@jonathans22816 ай бұрын
🎼Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine.
@lazarussolomon35416 ай бұрын
There lived a certian man in russia long ago!
@wise_girl93886 ай бұрын
@@lazarussolomon3541 He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow!
@miikaura6 ай бұрын
@@wise_girl9388when i was a kid i thought he had a flamingo in his eyes.... yeah
@pleasedontstopthemusic86396 ай бұрын
We love your tangents Simon❤
@zmanjace13646 ай бұрын
The fact that original documents exist from between 2 drastic government changes is rather amazing to me.
@dsnodgrass48436 ай бұрын
It should be said that: 1. Rasputin was probably very rough, bc of where he was from and the life he lived before ever seeing St. Petersburg. He did travel a lot, but also roughly, so that never would've refined him all that much. As for being "bad" or 'good'; who knows? A Siberian can be either to a high level, as survival demands. 2. The Russian nobility, male and female, were as vicious a pack of snakes as ever drew breath; and proximity to the autocracy was the prize they fought over most. Taking out Rasputin was not a hard choice for them, as he was in the way.
@matthawkins35846 ай бұрын
We need the "Tangent Timer" on all of Simons videos.
@darkbeach726 ай бұрын
You should absolutely take your author up on that suggestion. St. Germaine features prominently in Umberto Eco's book, Foucault's Pendulum, which weaves together multithreaded conspiracies across time. "Thinking man's Davinci Code"
@Tyrany426 ай бұрын
Kind of crazy how Rasputin is portrayed as a devious villain in pop culture, even though credible accounts paint him as a pretty decent fellow who was just kind of weird.
@bonniephillips18236 ай бұрын
Not crazy at all. It was intentional propaganda planted by the church leaders and those that conspired to bring down the Czar
@DaleyKreations6 ай бұрын
YES please re the St Jermaine stuff. SO many cults and crazy people through the last several centuries have claimed to either have been this guy OR given a "spiritual mission" by this guy.
@nickshane59856 ай бұрын
For the early tangent about restaurants inside night clubs. I can only comment on my state. But here if you want to serve hard liquor, you have to also have a kitchen serving food.
@themightymoose50476 ай бұрын
The video i didn't realize I wanted to see till you made it!
@PoliticallyPink6 ай бұрын
definitely want to see the episode on St. Germaine!
@shanesullivan4606 ай бұрын
I would love to see an episode about the Comte de Saint Germain.
@sherrifarris88786 ай бұрын
I vote for a Ste. Germaine episode! The myth and legends are really fun.
@possumaintdead6 ай бұрын
I read Douglas Smith’s sizable book. It was very good and cleared up (to me, anyway) a lot of contradictions in the Rasputin story. Btw, there was a good made for tv movie about Rasputin starring Alan Rickman as Rasputin. He was excellent in the part (of course).
@amemooress62916 ай бұрын
Thank you for telling me about this movie. I didn't know I needed it until now
@andiward70686 ай бұрын
Surprised to learn of a Rickman project I haven't seen yet, tnx.
@dancingdingo6 ай бұрын
I loved that film. It's one of my faves with Rickman it was on KZfaq I'm not sure if it still is.
@settheory22194 ай бұрын
I liked the French movie starring Gerard Depardieu as Rasputin.
@KS-PNWАй бұрын
Wait Rickman plays Rasputin? How did I never know about this movie? Thanks for the recommendation 👍👍
@mattt5256 ай бұрын
Love you Simon! Thankful for all your "fascinating tangents"
@dragonhawkeclouse22646 ай бұрын
It is interesting that he presented the idea of the atmosphere being set on fire....which, was actually a concern by some scientists about detonating an atomic bomb.....though, such concerns were shown to be wildly unfounded
@LuDux6 ай бұрын
Fun fact: there was no fall of Russian Empire. it took short break under Lenin, because he believed in world Revolution. Then world revolution didn't materialized Stalin quickly rebuilt it with slightly different terminology and symbols, like Gensek instead of Tsar, crossed hammer and sickle instead christian cross, etc
@belle64786 ай бұрын
In French we also say paysan which is directly, translated to peasant, but it’s more in terms of a farmer than peasant or someone who lives in the countryside
@christerprestberg39736 ай бұрын
Regarding hemofilia, if you are on bloodthinners, you are adviced to avoid shaving with a razor since thinners also make bloodclothing harder.
@GiantPetRat6 ай бұрын
So I looked up the Khlysty sect on Wikipedia, which is stated in this video as being about "finding God via sin", but on Wiki it says : "The Khlysty practiced an extreme asceticism, in order to prepare themselves for the reception of the Holy Spirit into their bodies. They abstained from alcohol, and although marriage was permitted for practical purposes, 'because the help of a wife was indispensable for a peasant', it was a sin to engage in sexual intercourse, even with one's own wife." So yeah, take that as you will I guess? Love the video at any rate! I always learn a lot, and Simon rambling in between bits of information actually really helps my small brain to process the facts better. 😁
@ryanc4736 ай бұрын
I'm down for a St. Jermaine episode lol
@taddybear42446 ай бұрын
Simon didn't mention that hagiography inherently means also glazing the subject and treat overly generously. Which is why I love that Aliester Crowley openly wrote an "autohagiography".
@DaisyAzuras6 ай бұрын
I’m very interested in the story of Saint Germain
@maurer3d6 ай бұрын
1:24 A night club in that time was a bar or restaurant that stayed open late and had live entertainment (comedians, magicians, singers, bands, etc). Nothing like the night clubs of today that are glorified warehouses where they destroy your eardrums.
@feartheamish91836 ай бұрын
I sub to a stupid amount of your past and current channels. Gotta say though when i gotta clean or garden this channel is my first choice.
@andiward70686 ай бұрын
Casual Criminalist is my go-to, but this and Into the Shadows are great for backgrounding.
@bradlevantis9136 ай бұрын
Hey Arnaldo, pitch the St Germane idea. It sounds interesting
@slee78636 ай бұрын
The world renowned documentary Doctor Who confirmed Rasputin is The Master. Duh
@miikaura6 ай бұрын
theres a rasputin doctor who ep?!? how did i not know this???
@sofiemarbais3716 ай бұрын
Simon! for the first time today, I got on spotify to find a podcast about Asperger. My second action was to look for your channels. I find them, I'm excited, I start scrolling to see the abundance, I let my scrolls stop on a random point...... How porcupines mate, the bizarre sex habits of giraffes (and much, much more) ......... Simon, we need to talk
@mikelfunderburk59126 ай бұрын
Oh, Simon. Yes, if its too loud, you're too old. Ive been Djing since 1997. I heve recently stopped because of an inner ear issue. Not from the loud music, I was born with this issue, its now 4 surgeries later since the age of 8.
@helenr43006 ай бұрын
Then I was 'too old' at 18! Just personal preference. Sorry you have to leave the your career.
@bogbupog6 ай бұрын
"It was like fighting a boss in dead souls" -Prince Felix Yusupov
@robinlandry5183 ай бұрын
I just watched a video about the healings of the Czars son. Rasputin used treatments we still use for bleeding: apply pressure and elevate the area (all i remember at the moment)
@kinseyd53416 ай бұрын
Lately, the lighting in the shots of Simon have been so dark, not a huge fan. But really interesting video!
@jellogirl20106 ай бұрын
I had recurring nightmares about the real Rasputin as a kid growing up. His allegedly staying alive under water was too much for me to handle.
@johnpaulgonzaga59976 ай бұрын
Ooo this character's a juicy one hehe. Forgot about how interesting a DTU on this guy would be so much thanks Simon and team. The laughs I get watching DTUs perks up my day hehe.
@josefstrauss90176 ай бұрын
Since the Boney M topic is good, let’s do a casual criminalist episode about Ma Baker 😜
@Bluesit326 ай бұрын
I don't remember where I heard this, but it's possible that the poisoning was indeed attempted, but the poison was put in during the baking process, which it did not survive. This would explain why there was no poison found in Rasputin's corpse. This led to the panicked shooting, followed by beating his corpse before tossing it into the river.
@homerodysseus42036 ай бұрын
Love the story of Rasputin, thanks for covering it
@AbigatorM6 ай бұрын
In germany aswell, Farmer and Peasant is the same word. Bauer.
@dejafx8396 ай бұрын
Ronaldo's script was excellent. Definitely enjoyed the deep dive and research done. The Romanov history has always been fascinating to me. Ra ra Rasputin 😂
@GreenEyedGoblinАй бұрын
Id argue Rasputin could have known about aspirin. Its from Willow bark and he could well have had knowledge of those old school medicines and their effects and uses, even it wasn't a concrete understanding of why it works. We know now a lot of what we called old wives tales or folk medicine, very often the plants and herbs they'd use way back when are the bases of modern medicines we still use today. There's also some thinking that if Alexei did have a milder form of the condition, it could also be exacerbated by stress, and having doctors fuss over him, give him medicine that seems to make him worse, would be very stressful, make him extremely anxious, and might be preventing him from resting and sleeping. Rasputin did appear to be one of those people who's quite magnetic and maybe he had a very calming presence, maybe his presence, or the thought (for a deeply religious, spiritual family) that he is praying and sending some sort of healing or something, was enough to abate the anxiety. And as a lot of Catholicism, early form, Orthodox etc, borrowed many traditions, rites etc from folk religions...it fits into some aspects of the belief system. And in fact many religious rites, rituals, beliefs etc just stem from some sort of...early knowledge or observation of something that would later become a scientific reality. Moses is sometimes referred to as the earliest microbiologist, obviously not literally, but...in Judaism, practies such as regular washing, not eating shellfish and pork, are all just very early insights into disease and hygiene. Its very likely, of course, that whomever decreed these rules didn't figure out germ theory thousands of years earlier than eveyrone else, but, they would have been able to observe that regular washing seems to prevent sickness, that people get sick most often from pork and shellfish. Even keeping Kosher, while there's a religious reason for it, the actual things you do, some of them are pretty much just good hygiene practice when prepping food. Clearly, someone waaaaaaaay back when had figured out some fairly involved, complex truths, again, even if not knowing WHY, they had made the connection that these activities lead to these outcomes. While we didn't formally discover that aspirin had blood thinning properties untl the 1950's or so, its not implausible Rasputin had some folkloric idea that aspirin can have that effect. And, again, he'd know prayer, particularly the kind of prayer he'd be doing, is a meditation.
@YoutubeBorkedMyOldHandle_why5 ай бұрын
The real significance of Rasputin is not in the legends and fairy tales, but rather his impact on a major World power and the subsequent ripple effects. The first World war after all was a brutal affair which could easily have gone to one side or the other. The entirety of World history since then, has been profoundly influenced by the seeds sown during that conflict. Whatever stories have been told about him, Rasputin unquestionably had a lot of influence with the Tsar and his family, influence which could easily have propelled history down a very different path than the one we are all living today. I often ponder a World where Rasputin never came to Saint Petersburg, where perhaps the Tsar clung to power, the soviet union never was, where Germany was soundly beaten and hitler died in prison. Would it be better now, or catastrophically worse? Who knows? Yet the influence of this one peasant could have made the difference.
@straightrippnable7065 ай бұрын
I'd say it's probable 1915 "nightclubs" were far more 'social eating' than EDM/pop-music meatmarket
@curtislindsey17366 ай бұрын
Simon is so dark, I mean that literally. Get some lights! You look like a floating head 😂
@btetschner6 ай бұрын
Rasputin is a very intriguing historical figure.
@murrayscott95466 ай бұрын
I've read/heard the apocryphal story many times. Fascinating person in tumultuous times.
@benleake63345 ай бұрын
I have personally seen people with fatal wounds to both the head and heart speaking to me arriving at the hospital 15-20 minutes after being shot. Rarely is death instant like you see in the movies.
@RichardWatt5 ай бұрын
ERod (The Blockbuster Buster on KZfaq) survived being shot in the head when he was a kid. His doctor & family reckon that someone else in their neighbourhood fired a gun into the air and the bullet came back down from its arc into his head.
@benleake63345 ай бұрын
@@RichardWatt saw a fella shot in the neck with a 9mm at close range, and somehow it missed every artery and vein, and he walked out of the hospital a couple of hours later
@terdsie6 ай бұрын
Anybody notice that, during Simon's first tangent about nightclubs being too loud, that the volume of the episode slowly lowered?
@MrWizeazz6 ай бұрын
Russia’s Greatest Love Machine!
@LaLune1176 ай бұрын
Why do I watch these videos and answer Simon's questions as though we're having a conversation?
@worldwanderer916 ай бұрын
The Kingsmen surely have something to say about Rasputin
@fulltiltboogie10386 ай бұрын
Rasputin funk overload is all you need to see
@thomaswillard62676 ай бұрын
Simon butchering 🎶Rah-Rah-Rasputain🎶 hurts my soul
@brettharvey82386 ай бұрын
Simon big Fan..keep up the great work u do..I love the content I’ve been waiting for Rasputin…He was a beast
@Tallimme6 ай бұрын
As a Czech, I have never heard the use of “selske” as peasant 😁 but it is cute when Simon speaks the forbidden language 😂 Rasputin was an odd character.
@patriciaposthumus66846 ай бұрын
In the end, I thought that he was going to say that Rasputin was really Merlin. That would have been just as believable as Saint Germain being Rasputin. Lol Another well put together script. The basement gang are really starting to earn their food and water. In this case, apparently, wine. Simon's spring for the good stuff now. Lol
@tommunyon28745 ай бұрын
I read a biography of Rasputin that I recall was written in the early 1950s. It seemed fairly definitive. When I took Russian history as an elective in high school honors history it seemed that most of my classmates did reports on Rasputin or Ivan the Terrible. I decided years later to read a biography that might offer some greater clarity of his story. Not just illiteracy, but a belief that the possession, reading and interpretation of holy scripture was strictly the province of the clergy, kept the commoners from reading the Bible. What I remember from the biography was the many accounts of Rasputin fooling around with the Tsarina's ladies in waiting, as if they partied daily like Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie, et al. I question whether the daily court life in St. Petersburg was accurately depicted.
@HyBr1dRaNg3r6 ай бұрын
Rasputin got a very early preview of Antman😳😂
@almitrahopkins18736 ай бұрын
Simon thinks a discotheque is a nightclub. That Russian restaurant/nightclub probably just had a stage, dance floor and a band. Records and thumping sound systems weren’t common until multiple decades later.
@murrayscott95466 ай бұрын
Cougar-bars, if you can find them are good. Mature women, reasonable music volumes.
@larsvaahlmar178412 күн бұрын
Horse theft was definitely one of the worst crimes in the old times. There's even sayings scattered throughout Europe that go along the lines of "... and they will be dealt with like they deal with hose thieves." Meaning they will receive a terrible punishment.
@viceforever6 ай бұрын
I live for Simons rants!!!!
@seanbinkley73636 ай бұрын
One things for sure Boney M made this man’s story into a kickass tune.
@xjunkxyrdxdog896 ай бұрын
Rumors of his survival have been greatly exaggerated.
@kevinfoster11386 ай бұрын
Simon you're around 10 years younger than me and at times you sound like such an old man. LOL
@user-ts7em1hj9w6 ай бұрын
you can't threat Hemophylia only use expensive medication but that will be provided by the government. my brother in law has it and it is passed down in somebody's bloodline. but only woman can pass it down, so when my gf was pregnant we needed to quickly check if we had a boy or girl. Because only a boy can have the disease and woman only carry the gene with them, with a certain percentage of Blood Clotting. mostly around 25%-50% instead of when you have the disease and don't have any Blood Clotting. (sorry for the poor english)
@atashgallagher51396 ай бұрын
I was in Japan last summer and I walked past a nun Cafe / bar in Tokyo and they were plating the Rasputin song. All the staff were dressed as sexy nuns.
@jus__gra6 ай бұрын
Count Dankula did a 10/10 video on this, can’t wait to hear Simon’s & the writers take.
@mringasa18486 ай бұрын
Sounds like perfect Patreon content. Simon singing Rasputin and giving us his best disco fever.
@ZasukiJean6 ай бұрын
"nowadays it's like that would be insane to have that many children die, I'd be like omg im so sorry " Well in that case there's like parents of 10.000 children you can go say sorry to whose children have been murdered in the last 4 months. Murdered by a country you have visited and have talked about without shame in your tangents. Rest in peace Hind and Sidra and the over 10.000 other children.
@boomjykeo26 ай бұрын
Literally 10 seconds after the title screen and Simon’s on a tangent. This has to be a record of some sort.
@StefanMedici6 ай бұрын
I for one need more madeira fueled scripts.
@joanmayer3046 ай бұрын
Love me some Boney M. I hope Simon listened to Rasputin after filming this video. Also Rivers of Babylon! ❤️ from 🇨🇦
@MasuelSkvorcov6 ай бұрын
As a Czech when I heard Simon say Rasputin was “selské peasant” I almost spat my dinner.