What if Rasputin was killed in 1914?

On 12 July [O.S. 29 June] 1914 a 33-year-old peasant woman named Chionya Gusevaattempted to assassinate Rasputin by stabbing him in the stomach outside his home in Pokrovskoye.[52] Rasputin was seriously wounded, and for a time it was not clear that he would survive.[53] After surgery[54] and some time in a hospital in Tyumen,[55] however, he did recover

So what if instead of surviving this attempt at killing Rasputin
He was killed?
How does this effect world war 1? And the 1900s as a whole
 
I said this on another post. We need to get over the idea about Rasputin being the sole cause of everything going wrong in Russia at the time, if anything he was just a symptom of Russian society's dissatisfaction. Remember Nicholas II had appointed himself as supreme commander of the Russian military so he's going to be blamed for battlefield losses. Basically a lack of Rasputin simply means less drama for the eventual Russian Revolution because the Russian people had a lot to be upset with concerning the government and society in general.
 
I said this on another post. We need to get over the idea about Rasputin being the sole cause of everything going wrong in Russia at the time, if anything he was just a symptom of Russian society's dissatisfaction. Remember Nicholas II had appointed himself as supreme commander of the Russian military so he's going to be blamed for battlefield losses. Basically a lack of Rasputin simply means less drama for the eventual Russian Revolution because the Russian people had a lot to be upset with concerning the government and society in general.
To be honest I agree

I’m just wondering how it’s going to effect them in ww1 and also dissent in Russia
 
I said this on another post. We need to get over the idea about Rasputin being the sole cause of everything going wrong in Russia at the time, if anything he was just a symptom of Russian society's dissatisfaction. Remember Nicholas II had appointed himself as supreme commander of the Russian military so he's going to be blamed for battlefield losses. Basically a lack of Rasputin simply means less drama for the eventual Russian Revolution because the Russian people had a lot to be upset with concerning the government and society in general.

Alexandra made a lot of government decisions after Nicholas joined the army, based on who was least hostile to Rasputin. That should produce at least a few changes, for good or ill.
 
Alexandra made a lot of government decisions after Nicholas joined the army, based on who was least hostile to Rasputin. That should produce at least a few changes, for good or ill.
You had a revolution start in early 1917, then came the Bolsheviks in October, all in the same year the U.S. entered the war. Make that revolution sooner and you have a different time line.
 
There was certainly a layer of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie who had the mindset of 'removing the bad advisers to the Tsar and all will be ok' when in actuality the issues of the Tsarist state were far deeper than one opportunistic parasite of a priest.
 
There was certainly a layer of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie who had the mindset of 'removing the bad advisers to the Tsar and all will be ok' when in actuality the issues of the Tsarist state were far deeper than one opportunistic parasite of a priest.
While there is little chance the Tsarist regime could be preserved or even extended, such a death could create a power vacuum, given Rasputin's role. I do not claim enough knowledge of Russian history to make suggestions, but the potential to change history in those years is substantial.
 
You had a revolution start in early 1917, then came the Bolsheviks in October, all in the same year the U.S. entered the war. Make that revolution sooner and you have a different time line.
Would this timeline’s provisional government have stayed in the War, though, if it took power before the US declared war? Especially since the terms Germany was offering were AIUI fairly generous. If the provisional government makes peace, it probably doesn’t fall to the Communists.
 
Would this timeline’s provisional government have stayed in the War, though, if it took power before the US declared war? Especially since the terms Germany was offering were AIUI fairly generous. If the provisional government makes peace, it probably doesn’t fall to the Communists.

Nobody supported peace in Russia after the February revolution not the soviets not the army and not the provisional government
 
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