In real life, Gregori Efimovich (Rasputin) was a very controversial figure who, in fact, was the Romanovs' advisor and Czarina Alexandra's most trusted confidant. Rumor has it that Rasputin told the Czarina he was about to be assassinated, and that if one of her relatives killed him, all the Romanov family would die within a year. While of course these facts were too dark to be included in the movie, there is a reference: during the song "A Rumor in St. Petersburg", an old woman tells Dimitri to buy "Count Yussupov's pajamas", while offering a pair of ragged clothes. Yussupov, who actually was a Prince, really existed, was indeed related to Alexandra Romanov, and was the one who killed the real Rasputin, along with a group of noblemen.

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