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Decembrists
The Decembrist revolt () was a failed coup d'état led by liberal military and political dissidents against the Russian Empire. It took place in Saint Petersburg on , following the death of Emperor Alexander I. Alexander's brother and heir-presumptive Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich privately renounced his claim to the throne two years prior to Alexander's sudden death on 1 December Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 19 November1825. The next in the line of succession therefore was younger brother Nicholas, who would ascend to the throne as Emperor Nicholas I. Neither the Russian government nor the general public were initially aware of Konstantin's renunciation, and as a result, parts of the military took a premature oath of loyalty to Konstantin. A general swearing of loyalty to the true emperor Nicholas was scheduled for in Senate Square, Saint Petersburg. In the midst of this Northern Society, a secret society" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy
Prince Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy (; 29 August 1790 – 22 November 1860) was one of the organizers of the Decembrist Political movement, movement. Close to Nikita Muravyov, Nikita Mikhailovich Muravyov in his views, he was declared the group's leadership, leader on the eve of the December 26 uprising in 1825 but failed to appear, and instead sought refuge in the Austrian embassy. Early years Trubetskoy was born in the noble Trubetskoy family. His father was Prince Pyotr Sergeyevich Troubetzkoy (1760–1817). His mother, Daria Gruzinskaya, Daria (d. 1796), was a daughter of the Georgia (country), Georgian prince Alexander, son of Bakar of Georgia, Alexander Bakarovich Gruzinsky. Troubetzkoy received home education, in 1806 he started attending lectures at Moscow State University, Moscow University. In 1808 he entered Russian Imperial Guard’s Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment. As a soldier, he participated in all significant battles of the Sixth Coalition campaign in 1812-1814 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Pestel
Colonel Pavel Ivanovich Pestel (; – ) was a Russian revolutionary and ideologue of the Decembrists. Early life Pavel Pestel was born in Moscow on . He came from a Lutheran family of Saxon descent that had settled in Russia during the reign of Peter the Great. His great-grandfather, grandfather, father and uncle had all successively served as director of Moscow's postal mail service, forming a dynasty of sorts. His father Ivan (1765–1843) continued to work his way up through the political bureaucracy to become Governor-General of Siberia from 1806 to 1821. Ivan Pestel, together with his associate Nikolai Treskin, the governor of Irkutsk, established a corrupt regime in Siberia and was eventually dismissed. In 1805–1809, Pavel Pestel studied in Dresden. In 1810–1811, he was a student at the Page Corps, from which he would graduate in the rank of praporshchik. Pestel was then sent to the Lithuanian Regiment of the Leib Guard. He took part in the Patriotic War of 1812 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Interregnum Of 1825
The Russian interregnum of 1825 began with the death of Alexander I of Russia, Alexander I in Taganrog and lasted until the accession of Nicholas I of Russia, Nicholas I and the suppression of the Decembrist revolt on . In 1823 Alexander secretly removed his brother Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia, Constantine from the order of succession, after Constantine informed Alexander he had no intention of ruling the Empire, and appointed Nicholas heir presumptive. This unprecedented secrecy backfired with a dynastic crisis that placed the whole House of Romanov at peril. Only three men, apart from Alexander himself, were fully aware of his decision, and none of them was present in the Winter Palace when the news of Alexander's death reached Saint Petersburg on 1825. Military governor Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich, Mikhail Miloradovich persuaded hesitant Nicholas to pledge allegiance to Constantine, who then lived in Warsaw as the viceroy of Poland. The State Council of Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
