Rasputin was a Russian Monk who influenced influential the Czar Nicholas II and Alexandra. An illiterate peasant, he earned the name rasputin (which means ‘debauched one’) for his early unruly behavior towards other and rules. He was known as a womanizer in his town. After undergoing a religious experience, he gained a reputation among the peasants as a holy man, able to heal the sick. Nicholas and the gullible Alexandra heard of this, and proved capable of stopping the bleeding of their hemophiliac son, probably by means of hypnotism. He became a favorite at court, despite reports of his continuing and flagrant pleasure runs with woman. When Nicholas left Alexandra in charge of Russia's internal affairs in 1915, Rasputin influenced her command over church officials and incompetent cabinet ministers. After several attempts to shoot him and get rid of his harmful influence a group of noblemen including Prince Felix Yusupov assassinated him by poisoning him shooting him, and finally throwing him into the icy Neva River. The Russian Revolution of 1917 followed weeks later.