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The Romanovs and the Decembrists: Revolt on Senate Square
In December 1825, a band of young Russian officers led some 3,000 soldiers onto Senate Square in St. Petersburg, refusing to swear allegiance to the new Tsar Nicholas I. They called for a constitution, an end to serfdom, and even a republic. This episode traces the Decembrist Revolt from its roots in the secret societies of the Napoleonic Wars era through the chaotic hours on the square, to the brutal reprisals that followed: five leaders hanged, hundreds exiled to Siberia. We meet key figures like Pestel, Muravyov, and Trubetskoy, and explore how this failed uprising shaped Nicholas I's…
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