Decembrist revolt

Name: Decembrist revolt
Start: 1825
Location: Senate Square, Saint Petersburg

1825 · Senate Square, Saint Petersburg · Eastern Europe & Russia · Politics

Officers demand a constitution on Senate Square

Decembrist revolt — Karl Kollmann · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

On 26 December 1825 noble officers led troops onto Senate Square, refusing to swear allegiance to Nicholas I and demanding a constitution. The revolt was crushed by artillery; five leaders were hanged and over a hundred exiled to Siberia.

State: Russian Empire

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Did you know

1825: the first public steam railway opened in England, and in St Petersburg the Decembrists marched onto Senate Square.

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