Sergei Muravyov-Apostol led a branch of this revolt by the Chernigov regiment.
Mikhail Miloradovich was shot and stabbed while trying to reason with the rebels in this event. In its aftermath, its target imposed nation-wide censorship and set up a network of spies called the Third Section to enforce it. Sergei Muravyov-Apostol led a branch of this revolt by the Chernigov regiment. It had its roots in the Union of Salvation, and Kondraty Ryleyev and Pavel Pestel were among those executed after it. Prince Trubetskoy was to be made interim dictator in this event, but fled upon its failure. It took place in St. Petersburg's Senate Square, where military regiments assembled to pledge allegiance to the new czar mutinied instead. For 10 points, name this failed uprising which aimed to replace Nicholas I with his brother Constantine, named for the month in 1825 in which it took place.
Mikhail Miloradovich was shot and stabbed while trying to reason with the rebels in this event.
Decemberist revolt [accept synonyms] or Vosstaniye dekabristov