简介：Onthemorningof14December1825,membersofRussia'stopnoblefamiliesassembledarmedtroopsinSenateSquare,St.PetersburginanattempttostartarevolutionagainsttheTsar.Bynightfall,however,afterunsuccessfulnegotiationsandseveralroundsofartilleryfire,itwasallover.Theorganizersoftherevolt,latercalledtheDecembrists,werearrestedandaccusedofhightreason.Fiveofthemweresentencedtodeathbyhanging,theotherscondemnedtopenalservitude.Althoughtheplotwasacompletefailure,itwastohaveanimportantandlastingeffectonsocialandeconomiclifeinRussiaforatleastthenextfiftyyears.ThestoryoftheDecembristsisfullofcontradictionsandhasneverbeenfullyunraveledsincethen.Therewereprofessionalmilitarymenandexperiencedcombatofficersamongtheconspirators,buttheiractionslackedplanningandorganization,witheverythinghappeningspontaneouslyandillogically.InsteadofkillingNicholasI,ashadbeenplanned,therebelsendedupkillinginstead,forsomeunaccountablereason,GeneralMiloradovich,theherooftheNapoleonicWars.Andthiswasonlyasmallpartofthe"ifs"and"buts"whichcametothesurfaceinthiscomplexandinvolvedstory.THEDECEMBRISTSisanewtwo-partdocudramafromthecreatorsofthemulti-award-winningseries,THEROMANOVS.Togetherwithateamofeminenthistorians,theproducershavepiecedtogetheralltheeventsthattookplaceon14December1825fromthebeginningtothedevelopmentandconclusionoftheuprising,showingthepartsplayedbythemainparticipantsandorganizers.AchronologicallyassembledchainofhistoricaleventsoffersviewersthechancetoconducttheirowninvestigationintothecaseandworkoutwhatreallyhappenedonthatfatefulnightinSenateSquarealmosttwocenturiesago.…