Decembrist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Decembrist
1880–85; translation of Russian dekabríst. See December, -ist
Example Sentences
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Nikolai I was the ultimate reactionary, personally overseeing the police investigation of the Decembrist conspiracy and creating Europe’s first secret police force, The Third Section.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
The Decembrist uprising was the one and only attempt at implementing liberal reform in Russia in the nineteenth century; it would take until 1905 for the next revolution to come to pass.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
A century of rebellions, from the Decembrist uprising in 1825 to the revolution of 1905, ensured that a steady supply of political dissidents were carted across the Urals by a progressively more paranoid state.
From Economist • Aug. 18, 2016
Even further back, 1826: Nicholas I, after crushing the Decembrist rebels, invited their exiled supporter, the poet Aleksandr Pushkin, in for a chat.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2012
The first Russian revolution, 1825; the Decembrist movement, its origins, development, and significance.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1964 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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