Decembrists. History, Fate, Biography
December 14, 1825 - the uprising on Senate Square - is one of the brightest pages of Russian history. However, even now, 200 years later, debates about the reasons, plan, course, and outcomes of the uprising continue. Was it a...
large-scale uprising of like-minded nobles striving to carry out a coup d'état, or merely an "incident," as the uprising was referred to in official sources? Studying the biographies of those involved helps to get closer to understanding the phenomenon of the Decembrist movement without resorting to ready-made ideological interpretations.
This book is dedicated to the fates of 120 Decembrists, sentenced by the Supreme Criminal Court. During the investigation, personally overseen by Emperor Nicholas I, 117 rebels confessed to the committed crime, most of them faced prison, hard labor, and exile, while five were sentenced to death. Who were these people, who among them was led by the rebellion to the heights of power, and who was accidentally caught up in the whirlpool of political events? How did the lives of the Decembrists unfold before and after 1825, who among them managed to overcome all the hardships of punishment, and who could not withstand the harsh trials and lost hope? - this is what the new book by the famous St. Petersburg historian Andrey Ikonnikov-Galitsky is about.
Author: Анджей Иконников-Галицкий
Printhouse: Azbuka
Series: Bestsellers Non-Fiction
Age restrictions: 16+
Year of publication: 2025
ISBN: 9785389298200
Number of pages: 640
Size: 210х140х30 mm
Cover type: hard
Weight: 748 g
ID: 1725225
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