Khioniya Kozmishna Guseva
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Khioniya Kuzminichna Guseva (her first name has alternatively been spelled as Khionia or Jina or Chionya and her surname has been alternatively spelled as Gusyeva; ) was born ca. 1881 and was a townswoman (meshchanka) of Syzran', Simbirsk province. By 1914, she was 33 years old and living in Tsaritsyn, which is today Volgograd. She was a disciple of the monk Iliodor, during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
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She was lacking a nose but, according to her own testimony, she never suffered from syphilis
but was "damaged by medicines" since she was 13.
According to the records of the Extraordinary Investigative Commission of the Provisional Government, Khioniya Guseva was a peasant of Syzran' district uyezd
of Simbirsk guberniya
. She attempted to assassinate the peasant Grigori Rasputin
in his home village of Pokrovskoe selo, Tobol'sk province, on April 15/28, 1914 . Other historians have dated the assassination attempt to June 28, 1914 (New Style). According to the historian Oleg Platonov, the assassination attempt was made on June 29/July 12, 1914.
Grigori Rasputin
, friend of the Russian Royal Family, was visiting his wife and children in his hometown, Pokrovskoye
, along the Tura River
, in Siberia
. He had either just received a telegram, or was just exiting church, when he was attacked by Guseva who drove a knife into his abdomen. Guseva purportedly screamed "I have killed the Antichrist
!" after the attack. Still not dead, Rasputin was chased through the streets by Guseva in order to finish the task. He hit her in the face with a shaft, and a crowd quickly gathered chanting "Let's kill her!" She turned herself over to the constable and was placed on trial. She was found to be insane and was placed in an asylum until the February Revolution
.
After several days, Rasputin recovered though he remained in intense pain until his death in another assassination plot two years later. His behaviour was greatly changed.
The exact dates of Khioniya Guseva's birth and death are unknown, but the police report indicates that she was 33 years old when she tried to assassinate Rasputin.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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She was lacking a nose but, according to her own testimony, she never suffered from syphilis
Syphilis
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The primary route of transmission is through sexual contact; however, it may also be transmitted from mother to fetus during pregnancy or at birth, resulting in congenital syphilis...
but was "damaged by medicines" since she was 13.
According to the records of the Extraordinary Investigative Commission of the Provisional Government, Khioniya Guseva was a peasant of Syzran' district uyezd
Uyezd
Uyezd or uezd was an administrative subdivision of Rus', Muscovy, Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR which was in use from the 13th century. Uyezds for most of the history in Russia were a secondary-level of administrative division...
of Simbirsk guberniya
Guberniya
A guberniya was a major administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire usually translated as government, governorate, or province. Such administrative division was preserved for sometime upon the collapse of the empire in 1917. A guberniya was ruled by a governor , a word borrowed from Latin ,...
. She attempted to assassinate the peasant Grigori Rasputin
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian Orthodox Christian and mystic who is perceived as having influenced the latter days of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their only son Alexei...
in his home village of Pokrovskoe selo, Tobol'sk province, on April 15/28, 1914 . Other historians have dated the assassination attempt to June 28, 1914 (New Style). According to the historian Oleg Platonov, the assassination attempt was made on June 29/July 12, 1914.
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian Orthodox Christian and mystic who is perceived as having influenced the latter days of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their only son Alexei...
, friend of the Russian Royal Family, was visiting his wife and children in his hometown, Pokrovskoye
Pokrovskoye, Tyumen Oblast
Pokrovskoye is a village in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is the birthplace of Grigori Rasputin. Following the 1917 abdication and subsequent exile of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, they were sent by train into Siberia, to which they passed through the modern-looking village of Pokrovskoye...
, along the Tura River
Tura River
Tura River , also known as Dolgaya River ) is a historically important Siberian river which flows eastward from the central Ural Mountains into the Tobol River, a part of the Ob River basin. The main town is Tyumen....
, in Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
. He had either just received a telegram, or was just exiting church, when he was attacked by Guseva who drove a knife into his abdomen. Guseva purportedly screamed "I have killed the Antichrist
Antichrist
The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to a leader who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of Christ, while resembling him in a deceptive manner...
!" after the attack. Still not dead, Rasputin was chased through the streets by Guseva in order to finish the task. He hit her in the face with a shaft, and a crowd quickly gathered chanting "Let's kill her!" She turned herself over to the constable and was placed on trial. She was found to be insane and was placed in an asylum until the February Revolution
February Revolution
The February Revolution of 1917 was the first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. Centered around the then capital Petrograd in March . Its immediate result was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, the end of the Romanov dynasty, and the end of the Russian Empire...
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After several days, Rasputin recovered though he remained in intense pain until his death in another assassination plot two years later. His behaviour was greatly changed.
The exact dates of Khioniya Guseva's birth and death are unknown, but the police report indicates that she was 33 years old when she tried to assassinate Rasputin.