Nowadays it is impossible to imagine the history of Russia without the Decembrists.They are admired by many writers about them a legend, and now you can not always understand how real is this or that story, or this is just fiction.History of Siberia of the 19th century is closely connected with the Decembrists.They marked the beginning of the fight against the feudal serf system.The fate of the Decembrists though in many respects was tragic, but it became a kind of conductor of revolutionary ideas in the minds of the masses.
fate of the first convicts
first Decembrists in Siberia appeared soon after the December 14, 1825, when 110 persons not of the lower classes opposed the existing regime at that time.Five of them were executed almost immediately, and some were sentenced to exile and hard labor in Siberia for a period of 2 to 20 years, after which they were forbidden to come back.Other participants in the uprising were reduced to the ranks and sent on indefinite settlement, and others - went to work in the castle, which in practice turned out much worse than hard labor.
For July 23, 1826 8 convicts were framed from the fortress.Way to Irkutsk while held for 37 days and make it Decembrists were on foot.All this time they were glued to the overall chain, and each prisoner was put in his own policeman.However, on arrival the Decembrists in Siberia were in relatively good conditions.It was all that bothered them the vice-governor Gorlov, who was a member of a Masonic lodge, where later there were many of the Decembrists.Chains with them have been removed and the security around the house is weakened, that is, in fact, convicted could communicate freely with those with whom you would want to.Even hard labor to serve them the first time, did not have to because of the high officials of sympathy, but not for long, as for Irkutsk relief guide has been put on trial.
wives of the Decembrists
deserve special attention not even the Decembrists in Siberia, and their wives, who were willing to give up all the benefits of civilization and abandon the life that they were constantly sake of loyalty to their husbands.Such actions can not be overlooked and are perceived in society not only as a faithful spouse, but also as an act which has received a huge response.This led to the fact that Nicholas I tried by all means to prevent the restoration of families forced to move even wives, for example, Princess Troubetzkoy, the position of the wife of the convicted and exiled, and their children born in Siberia, were to become the factory farmers.
Life Decembrists in prison
course, the Decembrists in exile were in a very unusual conditions for themselves - they had to be very difficult because of the hard work and very poor nutrition, prison guards were brutal and very sorry that they had to followHealth rebels, and it was impossible to treat them as from the others, which are not kept for more than 2 months.In response to bullying Decembrists in Siberia for the first time in the history of Russia we had a revolutionary strike.
Chita jail
until the first prisoners were already in exile, more than 70 people were still in the fortress and other similar prisons.Over time, they were transferred to the jail time Chitigsky where there was only a couple of huts, because of what the Decembrists had to live in terrible distress.But that united them and gave the opportunity to get acquainted, because many of them even knew each other only by nodding.In this time, they were engaged in excavation or milled millstones rye.Escape failed, and although inmates could not have paper and ink, through their wives, they were connected with the outside world and were quite active correspondence.
unique mission of the Decembrists was and that they were carrying education to the masses by teaching literacy and science all who wanted to learn.In the early 19th century, the state of education in the depths of Siberia were very poor, just the basics of subjects taught, so a lot of the arrival of the Decembrists contributed to the popularization of education.
