Reformers rebellion. Conspiracy of the convicts

Decembrism, as an active phenomenon, did not end neither the execution of the combat order of the rebels on Senate Square, nor the defeat of the rebellious Chernihiv infantry regiment. He did not end with the verdict of the Supreme Criminal Court, who sent five to the gallows, and the 121st convict in the fortress and Siberia. It is the Siberian epic of the Decembrists - an epilogue of a ten -year history of movement, the existence of several secret societies and two rebellions: St. Petersburg and South - the main subject of the narrative. And the central event of this period - the history of preparation with an indomitable lieutenant Sukhinov’s rebellion, who, in case of good luck - which was quite likely - could result in the terrible Siberian Pugachevshchina. And here, an extremely important and fascinating plot unknown to the wide reader is the history of the development of plans for the mass shoot of prisoners of the Chita prison. The author offers the reader an organic combination of two layers - a literary text and a pure document, which is designed to create a special, most reliable picture of the described reality. The book included the story “After the uprising”, supplemented by documentary materials, fragments of M.A. Bestuzheva, I.I. Pushchin, M.N. Volkonskaya, the composition of the son S.G. Volkonsky Mikhail, born in Siberia, combining information gleaned from the stories of parents, and own observations, as well as materials from the investigative commission, reports and numerous related documents. The publication contains black and white illustrations