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Maria Rasputin: Daughter of the Mad Monk

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The Many Lives of Maria Rasputin, Daughter of the ‘Mad Monk’ – Atlas Obscura
I was born in 1899 in the village of Pokrovskoe in the county of Tobolsk. My parents are peasants, simple people. Our family consists of: father, mother,…

 

 

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