Mystery has surrounded the death of “mad monk” Rasputin for over a century - the womaniser who brought down the Russian royal family and persuaded them he had mystic powers. Hailing from a peasant family in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye, he became one of the most influential and divisive figures in Russian history. Rasputin - a father of seven - gradually built a reputation as a “holy man” among local circles for his alleged healing powers and charismatic presence. In the early 1900s,