title: Political Allusions in the Decembrist Revolt
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metadata.value: Belousov, Mikhail S.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-06-21T09:53:57Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-06-21T09:53:57Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Belousov M. S. Political Allusions in the Decembrist Revolt. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 2, pp. 345–360.
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.202
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/10281
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article provides an insight into political allusions, i.e. references to the well-known historical
  events of the Decembrist milieu in the interregnum period. The emergence of a “dictator”
  was one of the most common allusions. The analysis enables us to debunk the statement that
  S. P. Trubetskoi was elected dictator. Instead, it can be stated that he was proclaimed one on
  the initiative of K. F. Ryleev. This appointment did not limit the powers of the latter in any
  way. Moreover, K. F. Ryleev managed to take advantage of S. P. Trubetskoi’s impressive title.
  Another example of allusion is the assassination of Julius Caesar by Brutus. The usage of Roman
  tyrant-fighting references was one of the characteristic features of the regicide plot. The
  setting for the revolt can be also considered symbolic. The article points out that K. F. Ryleev’s
  objective was not to arrest certain senators and force them into issuing a manifest. On the contrary,
  going out to take a stand on the square was planned as an armed public demonstration
  (modeled on the Brazil revolution) in front of the building occupied by the state body whose
  sole function was to make decisions about the further fortune of the dynasty and the political
  order of Russia. Indeed, it took place on November 27, 1825, when the Senate broke the order
  of succession to the throne and ignored the will of Alexander I. Apart from these, the allusion
  to Leon Island (with regard to the plans to retire to Kronstadt in the case of the failure of
  St. Petersburg revolt) was also used by the conspirators.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This research was supported by the grant of the President of the Russian Federation for the young
  PhDs no. МК-5578.2018.6 “The movement of the Decembrists: from historiography to historical memory”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Decembrists
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Decembrist movement
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: historiography
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: allusion
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: dictator
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Brutus
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Senate square
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Political Allusions in the Decembrist Revolt
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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