Decembrists Rebellion
From Moscowiki
After the Napoleonic wars many soldiers returned from Europe “infected” with liberal ideas. Moscow became a fertile environment for the seeds of growing political discontent, which resulted in so-called Decembrists Rebellion. The Decembrists strove for the freedom of the serfs, constitutional monarchy and other civil rights. But this small group of liberal noblemen couldn’t change the situation; instead they provoked a period of reaction and stagnation during the reign of “the Iron Tsar”, Nikolay I (1825-1855).
