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The Decembrists: Russia's First Revolutionary Uprising
In December 1825, a band of aristocratic officers gathered on Senate Square in St. Petersburg to oppose the new tsar, Nicholas I. Their revolt lasted barely a day, but it ignited a century of revolutionary dreams. This episode follows the Decembrists from the Napoleonic Wars and the secret societies that spawned them to the dramatic interregnum between Alexander I and Nicholas I. We meet Sergei Muravyov-Apostol, Pavel Pestel, and the poet Kondraty Ryleev; hear the story of the fabled 'Constitution' of Nikita Muravyov; and trace the revolt's aftermath, including the brutal…
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