#15: Rasputin’s Reputation for S*xual Excess Was Greatly Exaggerated
Rasputin certainly had affairs and spent time with female followers, which shocked upper-class Russian society before the 1917 Revolution. Still, stories portraying him as an uncontrollable maniac were often exaggerated by newspapers eager to attack the monarchy. His scandals became useful propaganda against both Rasputin and the royal family itself.
