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The Decembrist Pavel Pestel

Russia's First Republican

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  1. Patrick O’Meara
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Formative Years

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Roots of Decembrism

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 3-8

    3. Education and Upbringing

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 9-16

    4. Military Service

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 17-36

    5. The Political and Social Environment

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 37-48

  3. In the Decembrist Secret Societies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Pestel and the Decembrist Movement

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 51-71

    3. Ideologist of the Decembrist Movement: Russian Justice

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 72-88

    4. In the Southern Society

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 89-113

    5. Pestel and the Northern Society

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 114-123

    6. The Polish Connection

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 124-138

  4. From Aspiration to Retribution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. The Planned Coup d’état and Provisional Government

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 141-160

    3. Arrest, Investigation and Sentence

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 161-184

    4. Pestel and the Roots of Russian Republicanism

      • Patrick O’Meara
      Pages 185-195

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 196-234
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About this book

Pavel Pestel (1793-1826) was the key figure in the Decembrist's Southern Society and author of Russian Justice , Russia's first republican manifesto. He was executed in St. Petersburg for his leading role in the 1825 conspiracy against Tsarist autocracy. This first comprehensive study of Pestel fills a major gap in the literature on nineteenth-century Russia. Focusing on his highly original manifesto, the book analyzes his ideological contribution to the Russian revolutionary movement, and re-appraises his controversial role in the Decembrist secret societies.

About the author

PATRICK O'MEARA is Associate Professor of Russian at Trinity College Dublin. He is a fellow of TCD and has held visiting fellowships at the Kennan Institute, Washington DC, the Australian National University, Canberra, and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He is the author of K. F. Ryleev: A Political Biography of the Decembrist Poet and Editor-Translator of S. M. Soloviev: History of Russia: Empress Elizabeth, 1741-44.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Decembrist Pavel Pestel

  • Book Subtitle: Russia's First Republican

  • Authors: Patrick O’Meara

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230504608

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-98455-0Published: 11 November 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-43078-9Published: 01 January 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50460-8Published: 17 February 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 234

  • Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, European History

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