Decembrists Rise in Moscow: Liberal Officers Challenge Tsar Nicholas
Liberal army officers marched 3,000 soldiers onto Senate Square in St. Petersburg to demand a constitutional government, only to be cut down by loyalist artillery within hours. Though the Decembrist Revolt failed, its participants became martyrs to Russian reformers, and their ideals of representative government animated every subsequent radical movement for the next century.
December 14, 1825
201 years ago
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