Rasputinesque

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1. Reminiscent of Rasputin (1869–1916), Russian mystic perceived as having influenced the latter days of the Russian Nicholas II and family.

   The music teacher came out sounding somewhat Rasputinesque, but Mr. Ghiaurov tempered his glowering bass with a few adroit comic touches.

   1994 March 17, Alex Ross, “Review/Music; New Singers in 'Barber'”, in The New York Times

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   The dolls -- a jug-eared, sheep-eyed President Vladimir V. Putin; his Rasputinesque staff chief, Aleksandr Voloshin; dead-on renditions of balding Communists, woolly-headed right-wingers and other famous rogues -- are the cast of "Kukly," which wrapped up its weekly filming late Thursday on a ramshackle sound stage near the Moscow River.

   2000 June 18, Michael Wines, “TV's Impious Puppets: On Kremlin's Hit List?”, in The New York Times