Grigori Rasputin only gained influence in early imperial Russia.
 Having ordered an investigation into Rasputin's activities, Stolypin confronted the Tsar about him but did not succeed in reining in Rasputin's influence or exiling him from St
 Rasputin's wife, mistress, and children were not invited, although his daughters met with the imperial family at Vyrubova's home later that day

