RASPUTIN, THE MONK.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13857, 18 April 1917, Page 2

RASPUTIN, THE MONK.

CANONISED BY THE CZAR,

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LONDON, April 16.

Stronge details are given of the re burial of the monk Rasputin. After the body was flung into the Neva the court commanded its recovery and rcburied it with gerut solemnity at Tsarskoc Sclo, where it is currently believed his spirit is as potent as if Rasputin had been in life.

The Provisional Government, fearing the body would become the centre of a mischievous cult, ordered its reVjrial in Vi'fiorg Forest, and four trustworthy men were entrusted with the task 'of removing it on a motor lorry which, however, got stuck in a snowdrift. Local militia, who came,to their assistance, made a bonfire and burned Rasputin's remains.