Sir Antony Beevor

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TRIGGERnometry · The Russian Mindset and Where it Comes From - Historian Sir Antony Beevor · 6 Jun 2026 podcast

He did have some extraordinary calming influence in that particular way.

But I mean, that in a way is a fascinating area of debate of whether he did have a certain power, particularly in his hands, without actually touching the body.

which could make this influence.

But a lot of it also was that the calming of the voice was able to bring down the blood pressure, which actually then released quite often the joints which were causing the extreme pain.

But there was the great moment at Spala in a hunting lodge in Poland,

where he came closest to death, and they really had given up hope.

And it was only a telephone call from Rasputin which convinced the mother that he was going to survive.

And whether that just coincided with a break in the fever or whatever it was, but from then on, Rasputin's power was total, as everybody in the court realized in horror, because she believed he was a total saint and that God had worked through him and had saved the dynasty and that the crown prince, the Tsarevich, will definitely be the future Tsar.

I fear very much the latter, yes.

I think there will be such bitterness after the war.

It's impossible to predict, obviously, at the moment how it's going to turn out.

But I think that the suffering in Russia will be...

considerable, partly not just because of the economic consequences.

I mean, how will they be able to readapt their economy back to a, shall we say, a more civilian economy and demilitarize it will be very, very hard.

And that will cause vast suffering in the countryside and certainly outside the main cities, but even in the main cities themselves, I suppose.

But also what we talked about earlier about the

traumatized and brutalized soldiers coming back from the war and what effect they will have on the whole place.

So without going into any sort of predictions, I don't think Russia will split into different parts or anything like that.

as some have tried to predict.

But I do think that it will be a center of resentment and would be dangerous in that particular way.

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