This event resulted in the creation of the Special Corps of the Gendarmes and the infamous Third Section under Alexander Benkendorf. Shortly after a central group in this even
This event resulted in the creation of the Special Corps of the Gendarmes and the infamous Third Section under Alexander Benkendorf. Shortly after a central group in this event celebrated the miraculous breaking of the ropes used to hang them, they were strung up again with new, more effective rope. A cavalry charge during this event failed miserably when the horses slipped on icy cobblestones, and it saw Eugene (*) Obolensky spontaneously proclaimed leader by a listless crowd in the Senate Square. The Chernigov Regiment rose up following the failure of this event, many of whose participants believed that the name of Princess Juliane was actually "Constitution." Northern Society head Pavel Pastel was executed in the wake of this event, which saw supporters of Constantine thrown into the Neva River while protesting the succession of Alexander I. For 10 points, identify this uprising against Nicholas I in Saint Petersburg, named for the winter month in which it took place.
This event resulted in the creation of the Special Corps of the Gendarmes and the infamous Third Section under Alexander Benkendorf.
The {Decembrist Revolt} or {Dekabristy}