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Decembrist Revolt, a painting by Vasily Perov showing the killing of Mikhail Miloradovich by Pyotr Kakhovsky. When Emperor Alexander I died on 1 December [O.S. 19 November] 1825, the royal guards swore allegiance to the presumed successor, Alexander's brother Konstantin.
Death mask of Alexander I.Alexander's death launched a sequence of events that culminated in the Decembrist revolt and the accession of Nicholas I.. The Russian interregnum of 1825 began December 1 [O.S. November 19] with the death of Alexander I in Taganrog and lasted until the accession of Nicholas I and the suppression of the Decembrist revolt on December 26 [O.S. December 14].
December 1 (November 19 O.S.) – Nicholas I succeeds his brother Alexander I, as emperor. [2] December 26 (December 14 O.S.) – 3000 Imperial Russian Army officers stage the Decembrist Revolt against Nicholas's accession in Saint Petersburg. The rebellion, however, is successfully suppressed by the government. [3]
The Decembrist revolt or the Decembrist uprising (Russian: Восстание декабристов, romanized: Vosstanie dekabristov, lit. 'Uprising of the Decembrists') took place in Imperial Russia on 26 December [ O.S. 14 December] 1825.
Decembrist revolt (2 C, 14 P) M. Maritime incidents in December 1825 (7 P) Pages in category "December 1825" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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At the North Society meeting December 13 O.S. 1825 he was charged with killing emperor Nicholas I of Russia and the Imperial family in the Winter Palace. However, the next day, the actual day of the revolt, Kakhovsky hesitated and decided that the religion did not allow him to kill the emperor.