Episode 23: The Other Rasputin. The Tale of Iliodor (Trufanov)

Episode 23 December 08, 2023 00:24:52
Episode 23: The Other Rasputin. The Tale of Iliodor (Trufanov)
Tales from Imperial Russia
Episode 23: The Other Rasputin. The Tale of Iliodor (Trufanov)

Dec 08 2023 | 00:24:52

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Show Notes

Between 1905 and 1912, the monk Iliodor (Trufanov) set Russia ablaze with his inflammatory right-wing rhetoric, causing scandal after scandal. In this episode, we follow Iliodor's remarkable life from humble beginnings to would-be assassin of Grigorii Rasputin.

Sources

S. Dixon, ‘The “Mad Monk” Iliodor in Tsaritsyn’ in S. Dixon, ed., Personality and Place in Russian Culture: Essays in Memory of Lindsey Hughes (London: Modern Humanities Research Association for the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, 2010), pp. 377-415.

D. Smith, Rasputin (London: Pan Macmillan, 2017).

M. Iu. Krapivin, ‘Deiatel’nost’ S. M. Trufanova (byshego ieromonakha Iliodora) v Sovetskoi Rossii (1918-1922) v sviazi s formirovaniem gosudarstvennoi politiki v otnoshenii pravoslavnoi tserkvi’, Vestnik tserkovnoi istorii, no. 1/2 (21/22), 2011, pp. 137-149.

 

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