Rasputin's corpse was dumped from the killers Petrovsky Bridge, located the place of the islands and Krestovsky Petrovsky, not far from the well-known contemporary of St Petersburg Yacht Club and the stadium named after S. Kirov. The ice in this place was thin, because it is constantly crushed river icebreakers, and next to the bridge supports were always big hole in the ice. In such a killer wormwood and threw the corpse in a hurry and they have completely forgotten about giryah who were planning to tie the feet of the victim. Discovery of the body contributed to the fact that the bridge was a lot of bloodshed, and under the bridge, on the ice near the polynya, left lying dead overshoe. Overshoe presented Rasputin's daughter, and that it is recognized. It is immediately narrowed the search area of the body.
Throop, divided over approximately 140 meters from the bridge, drowning, and vmerz ice. Although inspection of the bottom were caused by divers, their participation was unnecessary. First beaver fur coat was found Rasputin, also rozen-in from the bottom of the ice, but it was far from the body.
To safely remove a corpse from the ice timber were opened, played the role of original slides, they somehow pulled out and laid out the pierced hole in the ice with crowbars stiff body. It happened on Sunday, December 18, 1916
An autopsy conducted by the Medical Board under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Privy Councillor D. Kosorotov showed that Rasputin was released three bullets, one of them hit in the face, between the right eye and bridge of the nose, two - in the chest. The shots were made almost at point blank range.
No traces of poison in the body had been found murdered. Recall that Purishkevich claimed in his memoirs that the killers used potassium cyanide, which somehow did not work. Rather, they were deceived by the supplier of the poison. It makes sense to remind that the head of British intelligence mission in St. Petersburg refused to give Samuel Hoare Purishkevich poison Rasputin's murder, when Vladimir Mitrofanovich asked him about it in early December 1916
in light of Rasputin was found the river water, indicating the presence of his breathing in the moment of impact the body in the water. Most likely at this point he was in a state of unconsciousness, at least from the memoirs of Purishkevich can conclude that the killers were absolutely sure that they are thrown into the water already lifeless body.
With the assassination of Rasputin's legend connected, which became widely known in post-perestroika era. According to the legend of Rasputin's penis was murdered by someone cut off and subsequently stored in formalin, one of the followers of "old man", a kind of Laptinskaya which, incidentally, mentioned in his memoirs, Aaron Simanovich . In the 90 years of the 20th century "treasure Laptinskaya" was allegedly discovered and penis of Grigory Rasputin was in "a private museum of erotica", located in St. Petersburg (is he imagine). Address of this institution will not give here, so do not advertise this dubious business project. On the upper left photograph you can see what was called the "treasure" Laptinskaya.
seemed pertinent question of how reliable Amazing And this story? It is quite clear for what purpose, by whom, at what stage, starting with the murder of Rasputin, was carried out as strange in the eyes of an Orthodox person operation. The murderers did not, because the autopsy report did not record any such damage to the body. Professor Kosorotov also did not produce such an operation, because after he washed and dressed the corpse of a follower of Rasputin Aquilina.
It was invented by a version that, if the penis was cut off by order of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, who wishes to preserve the memory of the way "old man", but frankly so idiotic fiction is not even worth the words that have been spent now on her presentation.
More or less pravdobodobnoy version appears on the possible separation of penis after exhumation of corpses before burning revolutionary throng March 11, 1917, however, it is unclear how, after this cut off part of the body came to follower of Rasputin, the noblewoman who have not participated in the opening of the grave of his idol and then burning his body. In addition, it is difficult to explain the fact that mocked the body by cutting off the penis only limited, not cut off other more accessible parts of the body, say, fingers, nose, ears, etc. Meanwhile, we know that before burning the coffin was opened and the corpse was on display. According to the recollections of witnesses this scene is no trace chlenovreditelnyh manipulation of the body Rasputin was not much.
probably exhibited in St. Petersburg, "a private museum of erotica," the penis has no relation to Rasputin and a trivial (and a matter) a hoax. Medical students, and indeed national doctors are well aware of the fate of unclaimed corpses; penis rather impressive size (from photographs in the center and right, you can get an idea of its size), apparently attracted the attention of someone from the mortuary workers. Anonymous defiler dead cut the male sexual organ and sold it to the museum, according to legend inventing the level of his historical erudition and a poor imagination. The fact that this heresy was picked up some of the media and television (the author witnessed first report of this discovery in the St. Petersburg TV news) only describes the misery of national journalism, unable to critical information and perception devoid of even the first-fruits of reason and taste.
