Mikhail Rasputin

When Mikhail first developed his powers the Soviet Union, who had been carefully watching the Rasputin family due to their legacy, wanted to explore his powers, but were unable do so due to his family's intervention. Doing so a fake governmental agency was established and Mikhail was chosen as a cosmonaut, he and his crew where sent to a thinner era of space where his shuttle was detonated. Back in his family farm, the Rasputins were informed of their older son's death and Piotr sought out to by twice the son for his parents. However like the Soviet Union had hoped, Mikhail's powers saved him by ripping away at the sub-atomic wall of space and Mikhail found himself in a swords and sorcery like world. Being the only survivor was not the only shock, getting used to this new technological deprived world was the second. Mikhail did an excellent job; he was easily trusted by the locals, fell in love with a princess, and married. His father-in-law, however, was something of a tyrant, and Mikhail found himself embroiled in political conflicts that led to a civil war. For unexpected reasons the rift that he originally opened when in near death, opened once again. Mikhail’s powers allowed him to close it, but the backlash killed hundreds of his people, including his wife. His new life a mess, Mikhail fled to the desert of his world, where he remained until the X-Men and Sunfire traveled through the re-opened rift to try and seal it. While he was afraid of using his powers ever again, however the X-Men convinced him and, using Sunfire and Iceman as elemental receptors, Mikhail controlled the backlash and were able to close to rift and return to Earth, without any loss of life. Life back home was harder for Mikhail however, who had visions of his dead companions torturing him in his mind. He fled into the Morlock tunnels, where after a battle with the X-Men, he collapsed and flooded the Morlocks’ home, taking them with him. They did not die, though, as Mikhail used his power to open a new dimensional rift to a nasty world called the Hill.

Alternate Realities

Earth-295

In the age of Apocalypse Mikhail killed Apocalypse's horseman War. Apocalypse then made him his new War. He joined the Horsemen of Apocalypse with Abyss, Mr. Sinister, and Holocaust. He was eventually killed by Thor by being pushed out of Big Ben. Thor was also killed in this event.

OTHER MEDIA

Mikhail Rasputin appears as a boss to fight in the video game "X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse".  In the game he is one of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse and his design is that from the 'Age of Apocalypse' storyline.