Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Translation and Transliteration xi
5. List of Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Decembrist Challenge 11
8. 2. Ryleev: The Formative Years 25
9. 3. Political Perspectives of the Decembrist 75
10. 4. In the Northern Society 117
11. 5. Poet of the Decembrists’ Cause 155
12. 6. Propagandist of the Northern Society 200
13. 7. The Uprising of 14 December 1825 223
14. 8. Before the Investigating Commission 244
15. 9. Verdict and Sentence 289
16. 10. The Political and Literary Legacy 312
17. Bibliography 333
18. Index 357