Varvara Rasputin was the youngest daughter of Grigori Rasputin, the Russian mystic and holy man who had a strong influence over the Romanov royal family. She was born in 1900, in Pokrovskoe, Tyumen Province, a village in the Siberian Urals. (Her full name: Varvara Grigorievna Rasputina. She is also referred to as Varvara Rasputina. Her nickname was Varya).
Grigori Rasputin had seven children with his wife Praskovya Dubrovina, but only three survived to adulthood: Dmitry, the oldest son; and two daughters, Maria and Varvara. Grigori Rasputin was an uneducated peasant from the lower classes prayed and repeatedly cured the hemophilia of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna son Alexei. Even today, scientists are not able to explain what exactly allowed Rasputin to heal the Romanov's son on a consistent basis. Thanks to the Tsarina's help, Rasputin managed to bring Varvara and Maria to St. Petersburg in 1913 and enrolled them in the Steblin-Kamensky private preparatory school there. The girls' shared room in their father's apartment and visited the Royal Palace occasionally. Varvara got along especially well with Grand Duchess Anastasia, as they were close in age.
(Here is an edit recommended by a Find-a-Grave member: Varvara had seven siblings, including Dmitri Rasputin (1895), Georgiy Rasputin and his twin Anna Rasputin (born on May 1, 1894), Maria Rasputin (1898), Mikhail Rasputin(1889), Praskovya Rasputina (January 1, 1903), Varvara Rasputin (1900). Another child was born in 1896 and sadly lived only one day).
Life for Varvara changed on Dec. 30, 1916, when several jealous noblemen (led by Prince Felix Yusupov) brutally murdered Grigori Rasputin. Following their father's death, the two girls moved in with their French teacher and were granted 60,000 rubles by the Romanovs. In 1917, their mother and brother returned to Pokrovskoe, and the girls stayed in St. Petersburg.
Varvara was 17 years old when the Revolution occurred, yet she managed to complete her high school education. Varvara then left Pokrovskoe to go to Tyumen, the largest city and capital of the Oblast (province) that she resided in. Varvara was searching for career and educational opportunities that would allow her to save money and leave grim Soviet Russia. In 1919, she obtained a position as stenographer/clerk for the justice department of Tyumen Oblast. Varvara earned 1,560 rubles a month. She was miserable working there, but she had to do it as she was desperate for income. Varvara eventually moved in with a friend named Anna Fyodorovna Davidova in a shared apartment.
In 1925, she left Tyumen for Moscow. Through working at her office job, Varvara had contracted a bad case of tuberculosis, which was then succeeded by typhus. The work environment was unsafe, unhygienic, and located in a damp basement. Eventually the Typhus overtook her, and Varvara died alone in Moscow in 1925. No family member was there with her.
Her friend Anna Fyodorovna Davidova traveled to Moscow to assist in her funeral and burial. Varvara was buried at the Novodevichiye Cemetery. Anna described her funeral: "Varvara lay in her coffin completely shaved, no hair. Written on her gravestone were the words: Our Varya. Died in 1925." Varvara's head was most likely shaved because she had contracted the airborne form of typhus; which spreads through fleas, mice and ticks on rats, and often hides in the hair and scalp.
The Soviet government renovated part of the cemetery in 1927 to make space for the burials of high-status politicians. While doing this, they uprooted thousands of bodies, and Varvara's was one of them. It is unknown what happened to these bodies that were relocated.
In 1930, the remaining Rasputin family's property was confiscated by the Soviet government. Maria had safely escaped Russia, but brother Dmitry, his wife and children, and mother Praskovya were deported to Salekhard, to work in forced labor camps in the frigid Arctic Circle. They were slowly worked to death, and the entire family, except for Maria, was wiped out by 1933. Maria Rasputina lived a fascinating life in several different countries, including the United States. There are many books and websites that focus on her life.
Source: Thank you to Rav of lost girl's blog for much of this information. lostgirls.home.blog/2020/07/20/the-forgotten-woes-of-varvara-rasputina/
Grigori Rasputin had seven children with his wife Praskovya Dubrovina, but only three survived to adulthood: Dmitry, the oldest son; and two daughters, Maria and Varvara. Grigori Rasputin was an uneducated peasant from the lower classes prayed and repeatedly cured the hemophilia of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna son Alexei. Even today, scientists are not able to explain what exactly allowed Rasputin to heal the Romanov's son on a consistent basis. Thanks to the Tsarina's help, Rasputin managed to bring Varvara and Maria to St. Petersburg in 1913 and enrolled them in the Steblin-Kamensky private preparatory school there. The girls' shared room in their father's apartment and visited the Royal Palace occasionally. Varvara got along especially well with Grand Duchess Anastasia, as they were close in age.
(Here is an edit recommended by a Find-a-Grave member: Varvara had seven siblings, including Dmitri Rasputin (1895), Georgiy Rasputin and his twin Anna Rasputin (born on May 1, 1894), Maria Rasputin (1898), Mikhail Rasputin(1889), Praskovya Rasputina (January 1, 1903), Varvara Rasputin (1900). Another child was born in 1896 and sadly lived only one day).
Life for Varvara changed on Dec. 30, 1916, when several jealous noblemen (led by Prince Felix Yusupov) brutally murdered Grigori Rasputin. Following their father's death, the two girls moved in with their French teacher and were granted 60,000 rubles by the Romanovs. In 1917, their mother and brother returned to Pokrovskoe, and the girls stayed in St. Petersburg.
Varvara was 17 years old when the Revolution occurred, yet she managed to complete her high school education. Varvara then left Pokrovskoe to go to Tyumen, the largest city and capital of the Oblast (province) that she resided in. Varvara was searching for career and educational opportunities that would allow her to save money and leave grim Soviet Russia. In 1919, she obtained a position as stenographer/clerk for the justice department of Tyumen Oblast. Varvara earned 1,560 rubles a month. She was miserable working there, but she had to do it as she was desperate for income. Varvara eventually moved in with a friend named Anna Fyodorovna Davidova in a shared apartment.
In 1925, she left Tyumen for Moscow. Through working at her office job, Varvara had contracted a bad case of tuberculosis, which was then succeeded by typhus. The work environment was unsafe, unhygienic, and located in a damp basement. Eventually the Typhus overtook her, and Varvara died alone in Moscow in 1925. No family member was there with her.
Her friend Anna Fyodorovna Davidova traveled to Moscow to assist in her funeral and burial. Varvara was buried at the Novodevichiye Cemetery. Anna described her funeral: "Varvara lay in her coffin completely shaved, no hair. Written on her gravestone were the words: Our Varya. Died in 1925." Varvara's head was most likely shaved because she had contracted the airborne form of typhus; which spreads through fleas, mice and ticks on rats, and often hides in the hair and scalp.
The Soviet government renovated part of the cemetery in 1927 to make space for the burials of high-status politicians. While doing this, they uprooted thousands of bodies, and Varvara's was one of them. It is unknown what happened to these bodies that were relocated.
In 1930, the remaining Rasputin family's property was confiscated by the Soviet government. Maria had safely escaped Russia, but brother Dmitry, his wife and children, and mother Praskovya were deported to Salekhard, to work in forced labor camps in the frigid Arctic Circle. They were slowly worked to death, and the entire family, except for Maria, was wiped out by 1933. Maria Rasputina lived a fascinating life in several different countries, including the United States. There are many books and websites that focus on her life.
Source: Thank you to Rav of lost girl's blog for much of this information. lostgirls.home.blog/2020/07/20/the-forgotten-woes-of-varvara-rasputina/
Varvara Rasputin was the youngest daughter of Grigori Rasputin, the Russian mystic and holy man who had a strong influence over the Romanov royal family. She was born in 1900, in Pokrovskoe, Tyumen Province, a village in the Siberian Urals. (Her full name: Varvara Grigorievna Rasputina. She is also referred to as Varvara Rasputina. Her nickname was Varya).
Grigori Rasputin had seven children with his wife Praskovya Dubrovina, but only three survived to adulthood: Dmitry, the oldest son; and two daughters, Maria and Varvara. Grigori Rasputin was an uneducated peasant from the lower classes prayed and repeatedly cured the hemophilia of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna son Alexei. Even today, scientists are not able to explain what exactly allowed Rasputin to heal the Romanov's son on a consistent basis. Thanks to the Tsarina's help, Rasputin managed to bring Varvara and Maria to St. Petersburg in 1913 and enrolled them in the Steblin-Kamensky private preparatory school there. The girls' shared room in their father's apartment and visited the Royal Palace occasionally. Varvara got along especially well with Grand Duchess Anastasia, as they were close in age.
(Here is an edit recommended by a Find-a-Grave member: Varvara had seven siblings, including Dmitri Rasputin (1895), Georgiy Rasputin and his twin Anna Rasputin (born on May 1, 1894), Maria Rasputin (1898), Mikhail Rasputin(1889), Praskovya Rasputina (January 1, 1903), Varvara Rasputin (1900). Another child was born in 1896 and sadly lived only one day).
Life for Varvara changed on Dec. 30, 1916, when several jealous noblemen (led by Prince Felix Yusupov) brutally murdered Grigori Rasputin. Following their father's death, the two girls moved in with their French teacher and were granted 60,000 rubles by the Romanovs. In 1917, their mother and brother returned to Pokrovskoe, and the girls stayed in St. Petersburg.
Varvara was 17 years old when the Revolution occurred, yet she managed to complete her high school education. Varvara then left Pokrovskoe to go to Tyumen, the largest city and capital of the Oblast (province) that she resided in. Varvara was searching for career and educational opportunities that would allow her to save money and leave grim Soviet Russia. In 1919, she obtained a position as stenographer/clerk for the justice department of Tyumen Oblast. Varvara earned 1,560 rubles a month. She was miserable working there, but she had to do it as she was desperate for income. Varvara eventually moved in with a friend named Anna Fyodorovna Davidova in a shared apartment.
In 1925, she left Tyumen for Moscow. Through working at her office job, Varvara had contracted a bad case of tuberculosis, which was then succeeded by typhus. The work environment was unsafe, unhygienic, and located in a damp basement. Eventually the Typhus overtook her, and Varvara died alone in Moscow in 1925. No family member was there with her.
Her friend Anna Fyodorovna Davidova traveled to Moscow to assist in her funeral and burial. Varvara was buried at the Novodevichiye Cemetery. Anna described her funeral: "Varvara lay in her coffin completely shaved, no hair. Written on her gravestone were the words: Our Varya. Died in 1925." Varvara's head was most likely shaved because she had contracted the airborne form of typhus; which spreads through fleas, mice and ticks on rats, and often hides in the hair and scalp.
The Soviet government renovated part of the cemetery in 1927 to make space for the burials of high-status politicians. While doing this, they uprooted thousands of bodies, and Varvara's was one of them. It is unknown what happened to these bodies that were relocated.
In 1930, the remaining Rasputin family's property was confiscated by the Soviet government. Maria had safely escaped Russia, but brother Dmitry, his wife and children, and mother Praskovya were deported to Salekhard, to work in forced labor camps in the frigid Arctic Circle. They were slowly worked to death, and the entire family, except for Maria, was wiped out by 1933. Maria Rasputina lived a fascinating life in several different countries, including the United States. There are many books and websites that focus on her life.
Source: Thank you to Rav of lost girl's blog for much of this information. lostgirls.home.blog/2020/07/20/the-forgotten-woes-of-varvara-rasputina/
Grigori Rasputin had seven children with his wife Praskovya Dubrovina, but only three survived to adulthood: Dmitry, the oldest son; and two daughters, Maria and Varvara. Grigori Rasputin was an uneducated peasant from the lower classes prayed and repeatedly cured the hemophilia of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna son Alexei. Even today, scientists are not able to explain what exactly allowed Rasputin to heal the Romanov's son on a consistent basis. Thanks to the Tsarina's help, Rasputin managed to bring Varvara and Maria to St. Petersburg in 1913 and enrolled them in the Steblin-Kamensky private preparatory school there. The girls' shared room in their father's apartment and visited the Royal Palace occasionally. Varvara got along especially well with Grand Duchess Anastasia, as they were close in age.
(Here is an edit recommended by a Find-a-Grave member: Varvara had seven siblings, including Dmitri Rasputin (1895), Georgiy Rasputin and his twin Anna Rasputin (born on May 1, 1894), Maria Rasputin (1898), Mikhail Rasputin(1889), Praskovya Rasputina (January 1, 1903), Varvara Rasputin (1900). Another child was born in 1896 and sadly lived only one day).
Life for Varvara changed on Dec. 30, 1916, when several jealous noblemen (led by Prince Felix Yusupov) brutally murdered Grigori Rasputin. Following their father's death, the two girls moved in with their French teacher and were granted 60,000 rubles by the Romanovs. In 1917, their mother and brother returned to Pokrovskoe, and the girls stayed in St. Petersburg.
Varvara was 17 years old when the Revolution occurred, yet she managed to complete her high school education. Varvara then left Pokrovskoe to go to Tyumen, the largest city and capital of the Oblast (province) that she resided in. Varvara was searching for career and educational opportunities that would allow her to save money and leave grim Soviet Russia. In 1919, she obtained a position as stenographer/clerk for the justice department of Tyumen Oblast. Varvara earned 1,560 rubles a month. She was miserable working there, but she had to do it as she was desperate for income. Varvara eventually moved in with a friend named Anna Fyodorovna Davidova in a shared apartment.
In 1925, she left Tyumen for Moscow. Through working at her office job, Varvara had contracted a bad case of tuberculosis, which was then succeeded by typhus. The work environment was unsafe, unhygienic, and located in a damp basement. Eventually the Typhus overtook her, and Varvara died alone in Moscow in 1925. No family member was there with her.
Her friend Anna Fyodorovna Davidova traveled to Moscow to assist in her funeral and burial. Varvara was buried at the Novodevichiye Cemetery. Anna described her funeral: "Varvara lay in her coffin completely shaved, no hair. Written on her gravestone were the words: Our Varya. Died in 1925." Varvara's head was most likely shaved because she had contracted the airborne form of typhus; which spreads through fleas, mice and ticks on rats, and often hides in the hair and scalp.
The Soviet government renovated part of the cemetery in 1927 to make space for the burials of high-status politicians. While doing this, they uprooted thousands of bodies, and Varvara's was one of them. It is unknown what happened to these bodies that were relocated.
In 1930, the remaining Rasputin family's property was confiscated by the Soviet government. Maria had safely escaped Russia, but brother Dmitry, his wife and children, and mother Praskovya were deported to Salekhard, to work in forced labor camps in the frigid Arctic Circle. They were slowly worked to death, and the entire family, except for Maria, was wiped out by 1933. Maria Rasputina lived a fascinating life in several different countries, including the United States. There are many books and websites that focus on her life.
Source: Thank you to Rav of lost girl's blog for much of this information. lostgirls.home.blog/2020/07/20/the-forgotten-woes-of-varvara-rasputina/
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