Alexander I and the Decembrists: Russia's Choice of Path in the Early 19th Century
by (russia) Sergey Vladimirovich Mironenko
About This Novel
Alexander I, the "Sphinx of the North," kept his true inner thoughts secret; the Decembrists, the "first generation of Russian revolutionaries," whose heroic uprising aimed at opposing serfdom and overthrowing the tsarist autocracy affected Russia's future destiny. The ideals of establishing constitutional government and liberating serfs intertwined them and led them to different paths, but in the end they failed to achieve what they wanted. Why? This book analyzes piece by piece, peels off the cocoon, deduce Alexander I's mental journey and the profound meaning behind every move, unearths the truth about Gribovsky's report on the Decembrists, restores for the first time the "Moscow Conspiracy" of 1817 by the Decembrists to assassinate the Tsar, and analyzes why Alexander I knew the truth The existence of the Happiness Association still made the decision that "I should not punish them", completely uncovering the revolutionary veil of the first secret society of the Decembrists, thinking about the historical accident and inevitability of the Decembrist uprising, and answering the question of the era in the early 19th century: "Why was the Russian constitutional monarchy not established, and why was serfdom not abolished?"
What Readers Think
Rating
Community(0)
Rating
Community(0)
