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One of Financial Times's Best Books of 2025: History
On 14 December 1825 a group of young Russian army officers led 3,000 troops to Senate Square in St Petersburg, aiming to force the Senate to adopt a liberal constitution and transform the Russian Empire. The Decembrist Revolt - as it came to be known - was suppressed, with a second uprising in the south meeting the same fate. Five leaders were executed, and many others exiled to Siberia.
Why did so many young noblemen risk their lives for regime change, what was their vision for an alternative society, and what were the consequences for participants and their families? This book highlights the often-neglected liberal tradition in Russian political thought and the experiences of Decembrist wives and fiancées, offering a fresh reinterpretation in the light of recent events in Russia.
Contents
Introduction
Part One: Setting and actors
1. State and society
2. The Decembrists
Part Two: Revolt against autocracy
3. Revolution in St Petersburg
4. Revolution in Ukraine
Part Three: Decembrist visions and ideas
5. Liberty, rule of law and representative government
6. Republican thought
Part Four: Incarceration and sentencing
7. Incarceration
8. Sentencing
Part Five: Exile
9. To Siberia
10. Prison life
Epilogue
References
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index



