History of Russia: The exhibition “Decembrists – participants of the Patriotic War 1812” is opened in Moscow

To the 190th anniversary of the speech on the Senate Square on December 14, 1825 the State Historical Museum (Moscow) at the exhibition "Decembrists - the participants of the Patriotic War of 1812" demonstrates some part of its unique collection related to the Decembrist movement.

Decembrist movement unites people of different beliefs and attitudes, but most of them were convinced that the main problems facing the country and impede its development are the autocracy and serfdom. Their solution was involved in all the secret political society that emerged in the late 1810-1820s: Union of Salvation, Union of Welfare, Northern and Southern societies, and others. In addition, the political projects and journalistic writings created by members of secret societies were formulated and outlined by many of the ideas and direction of Russian public movement, then received the development during the XIX century.

The exhibition, which takes place at the Museum of the War of 1812, shows the materials related to the participation of the Decembrists in the Napoleonic wars, performance on December 14, 1825 and stay in prison and in exile.

Most of the exhibits for a long time did not leave the museum, some of which are exhibited for the first time, for example, the self-portrait of M. S. Lunin. Among the exhibits - the famous watercolor by K. Coleman, depicting the uprising on December 14, 1825, executed once commissioned by A. K. Benkendorf, drawings by Nikolai Bestuzhev and other Decembrists, dating back to stay in Siberia, not less known iron rings, forged from shackles. Among the rare and magnificent are exhibited watercolors by E. Korneev with views of Siberian sites.