Decembrist revolt
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The Decembrist revolt was a failed coup d'état led by liberal military and political dissidents against the Russian Empire. It took place in Saint Petersburg on 26 December 1825, following the death o
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 dedicated to the uprising in Vasylkiv
Monument to the Decembrists at the execution site in Saint Petersburg
The Decembrists (opera)
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The Decembrists is an historical opera by Yuri Shaporin with libretto by Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky, Aleksey Tolstoy and others. It was premiered in 1953 after a long and difficult period of composition
Nina Pokrovskaya as Yelena Orlova, and Grigory Bolshakov as Shchepin-Rostov (1963)
