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The First Russian Revolution: The Decembrist... by Rabow-Edling, Susann Hardback
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Reaktion Books, The Limited
ISBN-10
1836390211
ISBN-13
9781836390213
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Book Title
First Russian Revolution : the Decembrist Revolt of 1825
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Publication Year
2025
Genre
History
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Hardcover
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1.3 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
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9.2 in
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6.1 in
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[A] short yet detailed and nuanced study. . . . As Rabow-Edling makes clear, the Decembrists were patriots imbued with a profound love for their homeland and a sincere desire to serve the common good. Abolishing serfdom was the first step on the road to creating a new Russia, one in which the people would be citizens, not subjects. . . . In 1817, the economist Nikolai Turgenev, who was tried in absentia for his role in the Decembrist movement and escaped punishment by remaining abroad, wrote in his diary that he was 'crushed by the thought that I will not, in my lifetime, see Russia free and governed by a wise constitution.' Two centuries later, millions of Russians are still waiting., This is the most comprehensive English-language account of the Decembrist uprisings, their origins and their consequences to be published for many years. The fresh and nuanced analysis of the Decembrists' historical significances is brilliantly situated in both Russian and European contexts. The concluding section on the Decembrists' Siberian exile, and the extraordinary stoicism of their wives, is particularly graphic and poignant. The monograph is excellently researched and superbly written by an eminent Swedish historian of nineteenth-century Russia, and it will prove an indispensable addition to the literature., This is a fresh, knowledgeable, readable and timely addition to the literature on the Decembrists. It is written from a modern perspective and informed by recent as well as older scholarship. Rabow-Edling has provided a welcome reappraisal of the Decembrist Revolt to mark the bicentenary of this key moment in Russian political and intellectual history., For the Russian revolutionaries of the nineteenth century, Soviet dissidents of the twentieth and even for some among the modern-day Russian opposition, the Decembrist rebels of 1825 were heroes and martyrs, symbolizing the struggle for a 'free Russia.' In this book Rabow-Edling has written an important and accessible new history of Russia's often mythologized 'first revolutionaries', exploring the Decembrists' ideas, their social background, their failed revolt and subsequent repression at the hands of the state. Engagingly written and based on exhaustive research, The First Russian Revolution will be of interest to academic and non-specialist readers alike.
Table Of Content
Introduction Part One: Setting and actors 1. State and society 2. The Decembrists Part Two: Revolt against autocracy 3. Revolution in St Petersburg 4. Revolution in Ukraine Part Three: Decembrist visions and ideas 5. Liberty, rule of law and representative government 6. Republican thought Part Four: Incarceration and sentencing 7. Incarceration 8. Sentencing Part Five: Exile 9. To Siberia 10. Prison life Epilogue References Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index
Synopsis
Looking two hundred years in the past, an enlightening study of the neglected liberal tradition in Russian political thought with resonance for today. On December 14, 1825, a group of young Russian army officers led three thousand troops to Senate Square in St. Petersburg, aiming to force the senate to adopt a liberal constitution and transform the Russian Empire. The Decembrist Revolt--as it came to be known--was suppressed, with a second uprising in the south meeting the same fate. Five leaders were executed, and many others exiled to Siberia. Why did so many young noblemen risk their lives for regime change, what was their vision for an alternative society, and what were the consequences for participants and their families? This book highlights the often-neglected liberal tradition in Russian political thought and the experiences of Decembrist wives and fiancées, offering a fresh reinterpretation in the light of recent events in Russia.
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