The First Russian Revolution : The Decembrist Revolt of 1825

Rabow-Edling, Susanna

Reaktion Books（2025/04発売）

Reaktion Books（2025/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781836390213

Full Description

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