1826. The execution of five Decembrists

190 years ago, on July 25, 1826, five participants in the Decembrist uprising were hanged on the Kronwerk of the Peter and Paul Fortress-Pavel Pestel, Kondraty Ryleev, Sergey Muravyov-Apostol, Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin and Peter Kakhovsky.

They sought to establish a constitution in Russia and overthrow the autocracy, not stopping before the regicide.

According to legend, before the execution, Pestel said: "What he sowed, then he should rise and will subsequently rise."