After the outbreak of the First World War, by some miracle, Russia was kept on the brink of death for several years. Some called this "miracle" by Grigory Rasputin. The elder himself was also convinced of this. “If there’s no me, everything will go to hell,” Grigory liked to say, and he was not mistaken. Many historians agree that his life, and especially death, turned the fate of the peoples of the huge empire.
About who Elder Rasputin was, disputes have been going on for almost a century. Grigory Rasputin is one of the most mysterious figures of the early 20th century. He is both a saint, saving people from illness in the name of God, and a demon who is not content with corrupt women and seduces the ladies of high society. In the eyes of some he is "a clairvoyant, miracle worker, saint", others are convinced that he is "a drunkard, a libertine, a swindler." The defenders of both points of view refer to numerous testimonies, newspaper notes from the beginning of the last century, and preserved official protocols confirming the objectivity of the withdrawal of each of the parties. But if two roads lead to a dead end, then maybe there is a third, not so striking, but reconciling the conflicting facts about the mysterious old man.
First, let's get acquainted with the advice that Rasputin gave to the royal family. There were a lot of them, and they mainly concerned the daily life of the imperial couple and recommendations for the appointment of people to this or that position. But two pieces of advice stuck out of the crowd: persistent instilling interest in the events in Tibet and a proposal, even a demand, first not to start a war, and then to make peace with the Germans.
Let's start with Tibet. It would seem, why does an Orthodox tsar need this alpine and, in general, poor "roof of the world"? After all, there is nothing in it, except for the religious center of Lamaism, and the numerous Buddhist monasteries lost in deep gorges with their strange, in a European view, teachings. And yet, the elder was able to convince Nicholas II to take concrete actions, which should have led to the appearance of Russian troops on the "roof of the world." And the question immediately arises, why could a simple peasant have an interest in Tibet? Involuntarily, the assumption arises that someone directed the actions of the "holy old man."
Here is what Russian historian Vladimir Semyonov thinks of the elder: “Despite his natural intelligence and his hidden cunning, the Tobolsk elder Rasputin was hardly one of the people capable of independently understanding complex political issues. And there was no particular need for that. More important was his mystical intuition, thanks to which the Romanov family looked at him as a sagacious, holy old man. But nevertheless, this court saint, who influenced the Romanovs in such a way, was himself exposed to the influences of other dark personalities. And the Tibetan doctor Badmaev was not only a major character in the clique of this old man, but undoubtedly had a direct influence on him."
So, on the arena of events of crucial years for Russia, a "dark" personality appears - Zhamsaran Badmaev. Despite the abundance of historical literature about this period, Badmaev is known mainly only as a preacher of Tibetan medicine. In the books and in the sensational film about Rasputin, he is shown as a fashionable doctor, to whom a continuous stream of high-society Petersburgers was drawn. But this was only the visible side of the activity of the Tibetan doctor. For example, as Andrei Balabukhin, a researcher of pre-revolutionary Russia, writes about him: “One gets the impression that he is a certain center of metropolitan life, a gray cardinal and a great puppeteer.”
On the political life of Russia Zhamsaran, baptized Peter Alexandrovich Badmaev, graduate of the Oriental Faculty of St. Petersburg University, doctor, graduated from the Medical and Surgical Academy, official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, court adviser, etc. etc., began to try to actively influence in the reign of Alexander III. Moreover, he pushed the country in only one direction. It was then that Badmaev wrote an extensive report to the Russian emperor about the need to establish control over Tibet.
The Trans-Siberian Railway, built under Alexander III, contributed to the rapid economic development of the Far Eastern outskirts of the empire, which had previously been cut off from the center. In his report, the doctor suggested changing the economic orientation of Russia from east to south - to Tibet, building for this another railway to the city of Lanzhou-fu, located 1,500 versts from the border of the Russian Empire and which, according to Badmayev, is the key to Tibet. “All China's trade will fall into our hands,” he convinces the emperor. “The Europeans are not in a position to compete with us … With the implementation of this line, Russia's financial and economic might will begin.”
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The perspectives described in the report interested the Minister of Finance Vitge. In an accompanying note to the report, he writes to the emperor that Badmaev's views seem to him "very serious" and "establish a new point of view in practical political issues … In terms of its geographical position, Tibet, from the point of view of Russia's interests, has important political significance. This value has especially increased recently due to the persistent aspirations of the British to penetrate this country and subordinate it to their political influence. " But this time it was not possible to clash the interests of England and Russia for the possession of high-mountainous Tibet. Unlike his minister, Alexander III was a pragmatist and preferred a tit in his hands. Therefore, the emperor's resolution appeared on the report: "Everything is so new, unusual and fantastic that it is hard to believe in the possibility of success."
Badmaev was more fortunate with Nicholas II. This time he influenced the tsar with the help of Rasputin. On January 1, 1904, Badmaev writes a letter to the next Russian emperor. “The root of Russian politics in the East lies not in China, but in Tibet. Is it possible that a truly Russian person will not understand how dangerous the admission of the British into Tibet is; the Japanese question is zero compared to the Tibetan one. " And it seems that the letter, backed up by the advice of the "holy elder", played a role. Less than two days after the letter was written, on the personal order of the emperor, Ulanov went to Tibet. He received a double assignment: firstly, to find out what was going on there, and secondly, to try to turn the Tibetans against the British.
The war with Japan that began three weeks later put an end to Badmayev's attempts to establish control over the Tibetan gorges.
Why was the Tibetan doctor, or, as many St. Petersburg admirers called him, the Tibetan teacher, so eagerly striving to the deep gorges of the "roof of the world"? To understand this, let us try to deal with the second, seemingly completely unrelated to the first, advice of Rasputn; not to fight with Germany. This advice given to the Pope and Mama, as the elder called the imperial couple, completely destroyed the centuries-old foreign policy of the Russian state. From the moment of its inception, it was subjected to the aphorism of its western neighbor, who strove to the East, as a result of which the Slavic tribes were completely destroyed, and was allies with England and France.
Now let's see if there was any connection between Tibet, where Badmaev aspired, and Germany at the beginning of the 20th century.
It was at this time in some Buddhist monasteries, especially in those where the secret teachings of Bon-po were preached, became interested in Europe. The Bon-po priests had a reputation among the people as magicians, they widely and effectively used psychophysical methods of training, which allowed them to work, from the point of view of Europeans, real miracles. One of their goals was the gradual spread of their teachings to Europe. In this they were promoted by the fascination of some German politicians with the secret doctrines of the doctrine, which, in their opinion, could change the course of history. This knowledge, which came to Germany from Tibet, was contrasted with Christianity and Judaism that emerged in the Middle East. The secret societies that developed the occult side of these teachings were located mainly in England and France. Already in 1926, large colonies of Tibetans existed in Berlin and Munich. There was also a large colony of immigrants from Tibet in Konigsberg. For example, here is a remarkable phrase from the diary of one of the residents of the city; "Walking in the evening on the Kneiphof Island, I unexpectedly met Buddhist monks in bright white and red robes." But long before that, fire-worshipers from the Himalayas found fertile soil in Germany. Historians dealing with the problem of the influence of their teachings on the formation of secret German societies, such as Jean Robin, write about the mysterious "Man in Green Gloves" who was a representative of the Tibetan secret order. In his notes, written under a pseudonym, he predicted all the future metamorphoses of the Third Reich in the early 30s.unexpectedly met Buddhist monks in bright white and red robes. " But long before that, fire-worshipers from the Himalayas found fertile soil in Germany. Historians dealing with the problem of the influence of their teachings on the formation of secret German societies, such as Jean Robin, write about the mysterious "Man in Green Gloves" who was a representative of the Tibetan secret order. In his notes, written under a pseudonym, he predicted all the future metamorphoses of the Third Reich in the early 30s.unexpectedly met Buddhist monks in bright white and red robes. " But long before that, fire-worshipers from the Himalayas had found fertile soil in Germany. Historians dealing with the problem of the influence of their teachings on the formation of secret German societies, such as Jean Robin, write about the mysterious "Man in Green Gloves", who was a representative of the Tibetan secret order. In his notes, written under a pseudonym, he predicted all the future metamorphoses of the Third Reich in the early 30s. In his notes, written under a pseudonym, he predicted all the future metamorphoses of the Third Reich in the early 30s. In his notes, written under a pseudonym, he predicted all the future metamorphoses of the Third Reich in the early 30s.
The most famous member of the Tibetan secret order was Karl Haushofer. At the beginning of the 20th century, he was Germany's military attaché in Japan. There Haushofer was initiated into the most mysterious organization of the East - the Order of the Green Dragon - and underwent special training in Buddhist monasteries in Lhasa. During the First World War, Haushofer quickly made a military career and became one of the youngest generals. His colleagues were struck by the officer's ability to clairvoyantly when analyzing military operations. Everyone was convinced that the clairvoyance that helped the general plan military operations was the result of his initiation in the East. It was Karl Haushofer who not only introduced Germany to the mystical secrets, but subsequently opened the doors for the Germans to Buddhist monasteries located in the deep gorges of the Himalayas, which for hundreds of years had not allowed Europeans to visit them.
Their researcher Jean Robin also finds signs of the influence of secret Tibetan teachings in Russia. The main instrument of the Order of the Green Dragon, he considers here Grigory Rasputin, who regularly received telegrams from Sweden with the mysterious signature "Green". He sees confirmation of this in the inscription on the icon of Seraphim of Sarov, which belonged to the murdered Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. An inscription in English was found behind her salary: “S. I. M. P. Green Dragon. You were absolutely right. " Robin gives her the following interpretation. The first four letters mean "Superior Inconnu Mater Philip". Superior Inconnu is the highest title in some Masonic rites, and Maitre Philip is a French occultist and healer who was brought from France by Papkh to the Russian imperial court. For Robin, the meaning of this inscription meansthat Maitre Philip warned the queen about the intrigues of the Green Dragon, and the story with Rasputin confirmed this.
The ever-growing interest in Tibet of authoritative political figures in Germany and the emergence of an energetic Tibetan teacher in Russia, who through the holy elder influenced Emperor Nicholas II, could not but alert the British. And they simply had to react to it. This has been confirmed quite recently.
Newspapers around the world got around the sensational report of former high-ranking Scotland Yard employee Richard Cullen and renowned historian Andrew Cook. They found documents proving that British intelligence wanted to get rid of Rasputin, "because he had a huge influence on the king, exhorting him to withdraw from the war with Germany." An experienced British intelligence officer who became the prototype of James Bond, Rayner, who was a famous person in St. Petersburg and was friends with Prince Felix Yusupov, was entrusted with eliminating Rasputin. Confirmation of his participation in the conspiracy are the memories of the prince, in which he confessed that the Englishman "knew about our plans."
It is believed that Grigory Rasputin was fatally wounded from a long distance by two bullets in the back by Purishkevich. But Cullen and Cook, who studied the photographs of the dead Rasputin, have a different opinion. A hole from the third mysterious bullet is clearly visible on Rasputin's forehead. This shot was fired at close range and, judging by its accuracy, a professional assassin.
According to the British, who conducted their investigations almost a century after the brutal murder of the elder, the third shot was fired by Rayner, who knew about the conspiracy, was at the scene of the murder and, according to the order received, had to make sure that Rasputin was really dead.
British researchers have discovered a copy of secret correspondence between Reiner's chief in St. Petersburg, John Scale, and London. The letter reads, in part: “Although events did not go exactly as planned, our goal was clearly achieved. The reaction to the destruction of the "dark force" is favorable, although some awkward questions arise. Reiner is now in the process of completing this operation and will soon announce its completion."
M. Burleshin. “Interesting newspaper. Magic and mysticism №6 2009