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Southern Society of the Decembrists Южное общество декабристов | |
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 Decembrists at the Senate Square | |
| Abbreviation | SSotD |
| Leader | Pavel Pestel |
| Founded | March 1821 |
| Dissolved | January 1826 |
| Split from | Union of Prosperity |
| Headquarters | Tulchin |
| Ideology | Liberalism Militarism Factions: Republicanism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Movement | Decembrists |
The Southern Society of the Decembrists (Russian: Южное общество декабристов) was one of two, along with the Northern Society, main secret revolutionary organizations of the Decembrists.[1] Created in March 1821 on the basis of the Tulchin Council of the Union of Prosperity. The Society was headed by a Directory consisting of Pavel Pestel, Alexei Yushnevsky and Sergey Muravyov-Apostol.[2]
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- ^ Gooding, John (1988). "The Decembrists in the Soviet Union". Soviet Studies. 40 (2): 196–209. ISSN 0038-5859.