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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Takeichi Nishi, Richard Spooner, Anne Kursinski, Karol Rommel, Eric Lamaze, Michael R. Matz, Guy Henry, Ian Millar, Harry Chamberlin, Bertalan de Nemethy, George H. Morris, Mark Watring, Jim Elder, Greg Best, Cesar Mendoza, Hugo Simon, Chris Kappler, Sloan Doak, Alberto Larraguibel, Helder de Souza, Arthur Qvist, Oscar Cristi, Steve Guerdat, Eugen Johansen, Christina Liebherr, Pius Schwizer, Niklaus Schurtenberger, Adam Krolikiewicz, Alphonse Gemuseus, Carlos Cesar Delia, Bjart Ording, Jozsef von Platthy, Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe, Luis Mena e Silva, Gail Greenough, Franti ek Ventura, Elizabeth Ashton, Werner Stuber, Jose Mouzinho, Federico Fernandez, Hans Buhler, Michel Vaillancourt, Hugo Miguel Arrambide, Hiroshi Hoketsu, Matt Williams, Jose Beltrao, Domingos de Sousa, Charles-Gustave Kuhn, Antonio Borges, Bjorn Nagel, Henri Rang, Li Zhenqiang, Huang Zuping, Zhang Bin, Zhao Zhiwen, Jasmine Chen. Excerpt: Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia ( ) (18 September 1891 - 5 March 1941) was a Russian imperial dynast. He is known for being involved in the murder of the mystic peasant faith healer Grigori Rasputin, who he felt held undue sway over Tsar Nicholas II. Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich was born at Ilinskoe near Moscow, the second child and only son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and a grandson of Alexander II of Russia; thus, he was a first cousin of Nicholas II of Russia. Dmitri Pavlovich's mother, Alexandra Georgievna of Greece was a daughter of George I of Greece and his Queen consort Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. As such, he was also a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Dmitri and his sister Maria were mostly raised by their uncle and aunt, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia and his wife, Elizabeth, the elder sister of Tsarin...