Ways this could go:
– adventure story in the style of the 39 Steps. Treasure in a statue of Rasputin.
– Docu weepie.… tramp with false leg — Russian migrant in NY. Leg blown off in the WWII (time period?) — keeps picture of Rasputin wrapped round the top of his leg. Blames the Monk / Tsarina for what became of his life.
– Gambling caper — Rasputin as a greyhound that gets nobbled. Or perhaps it all hinges on the dog’s knee staying healthy.
– Pastoral story about an ex-pat community that live on a hill in Patagonia nicknamed Rasputin’s Kneecap.
– Radio RKC — the story of independent communist radio in mid-fifties Utah (as if).