Decembrist

American  

[dih-sem-brist] / dɪˈsɛm brɪst /

noun

Russian History.

1. a participant in the conspiracy and insurrection against Nicholas I on his accession in December, 1825.

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Decembrist British  

/ dɪˈsɛmbrɪst /

noun

1. Russian history a participant in the unsuccessful revolt against Tsar Nicolas I in Dec 1825

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Etymology

Origin of Decembrist

1880–85; translation of Russian dekabríst. See December, -ist

Example Sentences

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

Ukrainians organized and took a leading part in the Decembrist uprising of 1825.

From Memorandum to the Government of the United States on the Recognition of the Ukrainian People's Republic by Batchinsky, Julian