Decembrist revolt
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The Decembrist Revolt took place in Russia on 26 December [O.S. 14 December] 1825, following the sudden death of Emperor Alexander I.
Decembrists at Peter's Square (Georg Wilhelm Timm, 1853)
Decembrist Revolt, a painting by Vasily Perov showing the killing of Mikhail Miloradovich by Pyotr Kakhovsky
Monument to the Decembrists at the execution site in Saint Petersburg
Inscription on the monument to the Decembrists at the execution site in Saint Petersburg. The text reads: На этом месте, 13/25 Июля 1826 года, были казнены Декабристы П. Пестель, К. Рылеев, П. Каховский, С. Муравьев-Апостол, М. Бестужев-Рюмин. (English: "At this place, 13/25 July 1826, were executed the Decembrists P. Pestel, K. Ryleyev, P. Kakhovsky, S. Muravyov-Apostol and M. Bestuzhev-Ryumin")
Alexander I of Russia
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Alexander I, nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first king of Congress Poland from 1815, and the grand duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825. He was the eldest son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg.
Portrait by George Dawe, c. 1825-29
Confirmation of Alexander's wife Elizabeth Alexeievna
Portrait of Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich, 1800, by Vladimir Borovikovsky
Equestrian portrait of Alexander I by Franz Krüger (1837, posthumous)