decembrist

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A participant in or sympathizer of the Decembrist revolt
According to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists
{i} participant in the unsuccessful conspiracy to overthrow Czar Nicholas I of Russia in December 1825
An adherent to the Decembrist politics
According to or derived from the politics and/or philosophy of the Decembrists
A participant in or sympathiser of the Decembrist revolt
One of those who conspired for constitutional government against the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne at the death of Alexander I
in December, 1825; called also Dekabrist

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Decembrist revolt
(December 1825) Unsuccessful uprising by Russian revolutionaries. Following the death of Alexander I, a group of liberal members of the upper classes and military officers staged a rebellion in an effort to prevent the accession of Nicholas I. The poorly organized revolt was easily suppressed. Afterwards 289 Decembrists were tried; five were executed, 31 imprisoned, and the rest banished to Siberia. Their martyrdom inspired later generations of Russian dissidents
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