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The Dixieland jazz band was created during the first world war the band enjoyed some local success but after the bands piano player Henry Ragas heard about Rasputin's death he had a strike of inspiration. The song which would later be covered by Bony M became a massive hit in the united states.

The song didn't just imply that the Russian queen was unfaithful to her husband but gleefully stated it outright. The catchy song became a smash hit in the united states. It was of course banned in Russia and the Russian royal family pressed their allies to ban the song but this effort backfired and records were smuggled into both France and the british empire.

The german's of course saw no reason to ban a song that insulted their Russian enemies and it became a massive hit in germany, german troops are credited with singing the song to their Russian enemies during several battles and the so the song became a global hit and still gets played to this day.

But what if the Rasputin song hadn't been created or created much later how would that have changed world history and Russian history?
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