The Decembrists: Russia's First Revolutionary Revolt

The Romanov Dynasty: Rise, Power, and Bloody End — Fexingo History · Jun 28, 2026 · 6m · transcript

In December 1825, a group of noble officers led thousands of soldiers into Senate Square in St. Petersburg, demanding a constitution and the end of serfdom. They were called the Decembrists, and their failed uprising would echo through Russian history for a century. This episode follows the conspiracy from its roots in the Napoleonic Wars and secret societies like the Union of Salvation and the Southern Society, through the chaotic interregnum after Alexander I's death, to the brutal suppression and the fates of leaders like Pavel Pestel, Kondraty Ryleyev, and Sergei Trubetskoy. We…