uprising at Senate Square was the result of penetration from Europe to Russia raising ideas.The reactionary policy of the tsarist government strengthened arisen among the thinking part of society tends to freethinking.After the war of 1812 the national economy Russia was in shambles.However, the government has for several years after the war and did not bother to undertake the necessary reforms that would facilitate the participation of the general population.As a result of nationwide rose spontaneous popular uprisings.Particularly frequent they became hungry in 1820-1822 years.The main demand was the abolition of serfdom, the peasants - a relic of the feudal era, it has long disappeared in Western Europe.There were painful problems in the army.Especially hated people became state commissioner of Alexander I in the field Earl A. Arakcheev.His work on the creation of so-called military settlements, where the soldiers themselves had to work in the fields and provide their own needs, not forgetting about military drill, met fierce resistance from the latter.Heavy-handed rule of Alexander I did not cause any sympathy from the liberal-minded nobility, with interest throwers look at examples of democratic reforms and the modernization of society in Europe.Actually, it was the nobility, and was prepared by the uprising at Senate Square.
Secret societies
In the second decade of the XIX century in the environment of liberal aristocrats finally formed an understanding that the current reactionary policy of the tsarist government hinders the development of the country and provides its backlog from advanced countries in Europe and North America.In 1816 there was the first secret society called the "Union of Salvation".It employs about 30 members, almost all of them were young army officers.The main objectives of the illegal community was the abolition of serfdom and the elimination of autocracy in the country.However, two years later, the conspirators were unmasked by the government.Further similar organizations become "Union of Welfare" and appeared as a result of the split "Southern Society" and "Northern Society".These clubs have a secret shared global objectives, but have different views on how to achieve them and the subsequent administrative-territorial and political arrangement of Russia.However, the sudden death of the autocrat in November 1925 prompted the plotters to a single decision: it is necessary to act without delay, as early as this year - 1825. The uprising in Senate Square was developed in just two weeks.
failed coup
Oath of the new Tsar Nicholas I was scheduled for December 14.On the same day, the rebels appointed their uprising at Senate Square.The main events took place on the morning of the royal oath.The troops, led by opposition officers were to take control of the Senate and get those instead of taking a solemn oath the monarch to announce that the tsarist government was overthrown.After that, the participants of the uprising at Senate Square had planned to announce a manifesto addressed to all the Russian people about the accomplished revolution.However banal inconsistency and indecision led to the collapse of all plans.At the crucial moment it became clear that Nicholas I had already early in the morning to take the oath to the Senate.The situation could have saved more decisive action of the Decembrists.However, the defining moment of the chief military leader of the uprising Troubetzkoy did not come to the square, leaving her without the support of like-minded people.This hesitation gave the government an opportunity to master the situation, gathering military forces to encircle and suppress the rebellion of the conspirators in the Senate Square.
