monument to the Decemberist exiles' wives

Day #49: The Decemberist exiles

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May 28th 2013
Today I visited the preserved home of Prince Sergei Volkonsky, one of the Decemberist exiles. These were men and their families who were sent to Siberia as punishment for their involvement in the Decemberist plot to overthrow the Tsar in the late 1800s. The home very much focused on the experience of Volkonsky's wife Maria, who followed him into exile along with their children, and in fact ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more