The Life of Irina Ineri: A Child Prodigy in the Empire

by Penny Wilson

I think we can agree that one of the pivotal events of the last years of the Romanov Dynasty was the assassination in December 1916 of the Imperial favorite, Gregory Rasputin. But this little article is not so much about Rasputin and his influence – genuine or not – as it is about the constellation of characters that swirled about in the conspiracy to k…