Decembrists

Dreamers and idealists who wanted to establish order in the state? Or hardened cynics who collaborated with foreign intelligence? Or perhaps just careerists who went mad and desired dictatorial power? The debate about who the Decembrists were continues to this day. The book conducts a thorough analysis of the causes and consequences of the Decembrist movement: from the emergence of secret societies to works of art dedicated to the Decembrists. The author debunks numerous myths about the participants of the uprising, ponders who surrounded them, and also attempts to answer the question of why representatives of the noblest aristocratic families dared to change the existing order of things.