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The Romanovs and the Decembrists: Wives of the Revolution
In the aftermath of the failed Decembrist uprising of 1825, Tsar Nicholas I sentenced five leaders to death and exiled over a hundred to Siberia. But the most enduring story is that of the women who followed them: the wives, fiancées, and sisters who abandoned wealth and status to share their husbands' exile. This episode focuses on Maria Volkonskaya, daughter of General Raevsky and a star of St. Petersburg society, who at age twenty left her infant son to join Prince Sergei Volkonsky in the mines of Nerchinsk. We explore the journey across Russia, the conditions of katorga, and the…
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