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Why did Rasputin survive the poisoning?

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The second theory is that Rasputin, aware that someone might be trying to kill him (he had survived at least one assassination attempt already), had decided to protect himself against poison. read more

Rasputin’s food and drink was poisoned; Rasputin drank the poisoned wine. However, since he apparently never ate sweets, he did not eat the posioned cake. The remaining poison in his wine was not sufficiently potent enough to kill him. read more

However, after Rasputin arrived and began eating and drinking, the poison had no effect, and Yuspov panicked. Determined to end Rasputin's life, Yusupov pulled out a gun and shot Rasputin, striking him in the back [source: Yusupov]. read more

Having done many years of research (and written a book) on Rasputin, it's well known that the sweets and cakes were laced with cyanide, but what his murders didn't know was that Rasputin didn't eat sweets - ever. His daughter, Maria, as well as many others, discuss this in their books. Rasputin didn't eat meat either. read more

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