Decembrist Uprising (Failed Revolutions)

The Decembrist Uprising was a Revolt against Alexander I of Russia in December 1817 in which lead to the abdication of Alexander I and the installment of Alexandria von Welf as Tsarina of Russia.

Since 1787, Russia had lost a series of wars against it's traditional rivals , the Ottomans , the Poles and the Swedes , losing their status of Great Power and gaining the surname of the Sick Man of Europe. Eventually after the Great Turkish War and the signing of the Treaty of Constantinople in July 1817, Tsar Alexander I seeing a chance in restoring Russian Glory pushed forward with an invasion of Anatolia ignoring the peace treaty but the Invasion itself was a disaster and the Russians were forced to withdraw by Early December.

Eventually, the Union of Salvation a secret organization formed in 1800 after the Russo-Turkish War in 1798 took the advantage of the situation and called for the people to take up arms against the Tsar resulting in the UoS gaining the support of the people and the Military forcing Alexander I to abdicate on the 25th of December 1817 resulting in the formation of the National Salvation Council in which lasted until Early March 1818 when Alexandria von Welf was crowed Empress of Russia.