first half of the last century was marked by the emergence of the vast expanses of the Russian Empire of revolutionary sentiment.At first they were timid sprouts and subtle sparkles noble discontent with the status quo.The crown and the personification of the need for radical change was the Senate Square, where a and was ruthlessly suppressed the uprising naive best representatives of the Russian aristocracy.
progressive part of the Russian nobility look forward to that Alexander I started to continue in the first few years of his reign of liberal reforms.However, the abrupt change in policy of the tsarist government, which took place after the Second World War of 1812 caused the burning resentment of the Russian aristocracy.This ultimately resulted in the revolt of the Decembrists at the Senate Square.
But this open, crazy and something even desperate revolt crowned the tragic pages of barely smoldering sparks first Russian revolution.Senate Square was the end of the motion nobility Decembrists.The crucial difference this desperate act of dissent from the subsequent bloody Russian riots lay in the fact that the basis of the December uprising 1825 lay concepts of honor, dignity, personal freedom and the rule of high morality in Russian society.Senate Square and take in its grip of the proletariat is not illiterate and highly educated gentry, the elite of society.What, unfortunately, can not boast of well-known events of October 1917 year.
Long before the beginning of the performance of the Decembrists at the Senate Square, the first revolutionaries, secret societies were created nobles, who saw their objectives the abolition of serfdom and the adoption of a liberal constitution.The event, which pushed the conspirators to the beginning of active operations, became the death of Alexander I, a month before the tragic events that took place on the Senate Square.It was decided in the solemn day of the oath of allegiance to the newly made king Nicholas I issued an ultimatum to announce their demands.
is here that in the ranks of the revolutionaries, as has often happened in Russian history, there was disagreement.The most "hot heads" offered to demand the abdication of the king and the new build on the throne of Constantine.Others have called for a demonstration of his power in order to force Nicholas to enter into negotiations with the rebels and to satisfy all their demands.Still others felt the need to turn the speech into a kind of a duel, where one side of the barrier will be the thinking advanced Russian in their face, and on the other - the backward and conservative royal government is not willing to change.And finally, the fourth offered by the seizure of power to establish a republic.
plan developed personally SP Trubetskoy, at first seemed more than feasible.Under this plan, the forces of conspirators formed three self-contained unit.In the first of them shall be responsible mission to capture the royal residence - the Winter Palace and the isolation of Nicholas and his family.The second was to capture the Peter and Paul Fortress and keep the sights of the powerful fortress guns downtown.But rebels from the third unit should have come to the Senate and prevent the adoption of senators oath of allegiance to the monarch.And then force them to sign the Manifesto, which announced the abolition of autocracy and serfdom.Also in this document, drawn up in advance of the Decembrists, proclaimed freedom of speech and the elimination of military settlements.
Senate Square becomes not only an arena of progressive thinking of the Russian nobility, but also a symbol of the beginning of the era of liberal change.So it might be, but Nicholas was aware in advance of the insidious plans of the conspirators.This allowed him to pull off in a timely manner to the Senate Square area of the crown of the faithful Peterburg garrison.And it was a lot of power - more than nine thousand infantry, three thousand cavalry and thirty-six guns.Cavalry forces conspirators attacked twice, but both times unsuccessfully.Then the artillery began to business, which is dense volleys of grapeshot scattered ranks of the rebels.Started to panic and flee.Bestuzhev, not only lost his head in the maelstrom, tried to raise the attack loyal regiment, but without much success.The revolt was suppressed ...
