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"Love Tyrannises All the Ages": The Decembrists of Siberia
URL: http://www.nomadom.net/russia/decembrists.htm

Description:
Description of the city of Irkutsk, in Siberia, where young officers from a secret society were exiled following an unsuccessful December 1825 uprising in St. Petersburg, Russia. Includes a brief overview of the event, and information about the the wives who followed their husbands into exile and their legacy on this area in Russia. Includes recent photos of the area. From the author of a Russian travel book.

Author:
Hamilton, Dominic

Extra Keywords
tyrannizes

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Exiles -- Russia -- Siberia
Irkutsk (Russia) -- History
Russia -- History -- December Uprising, 1825

LII Database Information:
Record 20270 created by Maria Brandt on 01/03/2006
Last modification on 01/04/2006
Published: 01/05/2006  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20270