Maria, the daughter of the enigmatic Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, is best known for writing several memoirs detailing her father’s life and the dramatic circumstances surrounding his murder. Before she gained fame through these writings, Maria’s life took a significant turn after Rasputin’s death. Encouraged by her father’s devoted followers, she entered into a marriage with Boris Soloviev, who was considered Rasputin’s spiritual successor. The followers believed that through spiritual seances, Rasputin’s essence would pass into his successor’s body, continuing his legacy in a symbolic and mystical way.
With Boris Soloviev, Maria had a daughter named Tatyana. This chapter of her life was deeply influenced by the spiritual and ideological beliefs surrounding her father’s legacy. Later, in 1940, Maria Rasputin married her second husband, Gregory Bernardsky. These personal relationships, especially her marriages, played a crucial role in shaping her life and public identity, especially as the daughter of one of history’s most controversial figures.
After the Russian Revolution, she made a daring escape from her homeland and eventually found herself working as a cabaret dancer in a foreign country. It was a completely different world from what she had known, but she embraced the change and started a new chapter in her life.