Pushkin, the Decembrists, and Civic Sentimentalism

by Emily Wang

In December 1825, a group of liberal aristocrats, officers, and intelligentsia mounted a coup against the tsarist government of Russia. Inspired partially by the democratic revolutions in the United States and France, the Decembrist movement was unsuccessful; however, it led Russia's civil society to new avenues of aspiration and had a lasting impact on Russian culture and politics. Many writers and thinkers belonged to the conspiracy while others,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299345807
• ISBN13: 9780299345808
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"