Northern Society of the Decembrists
Northern Secret Society Северное тайное общество | |
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Executed Decembrists, members of the Northern Society | |
| Supreme Duma members | Nikita Muravyov Nikolay Turgenev Yevgeny Obolensky Sergei Trubetskoy Kondraty Ryleyev Alexander Odoevsky Alexander Bestuzhev |
| Founders | Nikita Muravyov Sergei Trubetskoy |
| Founded | 1821 |
| Dissolved | January 1826 |
| Split from | Union of Prosperity |
| Headquarters | St. Petersburg |
| Ideology | Classical liberalism Constitutionalism Federalism Abolitionism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| Movement | Decembrists |
| Part of a series on |
| Liberalism |
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The Northern Society of the Decembrists (Russian: Северное тайное общество, lit. 'Northern Secret Society') was formed in St. Petersburg after the dissolution of the Union of Prosperity. Its members participated in the Decembrist revolt.