the court was under the sway of a fantastic religious impostor, Rasputin, and the public administration, civil and military, was in a state of extreme inefficiency and corruption.

• 朝廷受制于一个异想天开的宗教骗子拉斯普廷，政府管理部门，不管军事的还是非军事的，都处于极其无能和腐败的状态。