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Decembrist

Member of one of several Russian secret societies which adopted western liberal ideas and joined forces to attempt a rebellion against the new Tsar Nicholas I in December 1825. The rebellion was crushed and five of its leaders executed, but revolutionary activity and increasing police terror continued throughout the century.



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He or she wrote a number of popular histories about the Decembrists and the reign of Alexander I, in addition to the articles cited above.
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