The Decembrists not only actively overthrew the autocracy in action, but also made outstanding contributions in the ideological and cultural spheres. The Decembrists were not only progressive in their thinking, but also brilliant.

The literary groups of the Decembrists included the "Lovers of Russian Literature Fan" and the "Green Lantern Society", the main publications were "Polaris" (edited by Releyev and Marlinsky) and "Monemosinne" (edited by Chukhal Bekai and V. Otoevsky), and united the leading writers of the time, including Pushkin and Griboyedov. A. Otoevsky (1802~1839) was exiled to Siberia after the failure of the uprising, and began to write poetry while serving in hard labor. Lenin used his famous phrase "A spark will burn into a raging flame" as the masthead inscription of Iskra newspaper. Otoevsky wrote poems on behalf of the Decembrists and presented them to Pushkin. Lermontov admired him so much that he wrote a poem "In Memory of Otoevsky" to express his condolences.

The literary tendencies of the Decembrists were consistent with their political views, believing that literature should reflect the spirit of the times and express patriotic and revolutionary ideas and feelings. Poets should care about the fate of the people and inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers. The Decembrists criticized aristocratic society for worshipping foreigners, advocating national originality in literature, and opposing the mere imitation of English and German poets; Believing that folk literature is the best source of poetry, he favors positive romantic tendencies with a spirit of rebellion and revolution. On the issue of literary language, it is required that literary works be understood by the whole people. The literary activity of the Decembrists prepared the way for the development of Russian literature towards realism.

Portraits of the Decembrists' lovers hang on the walls below.

It is worth mentioning the wives of the Decembrists!

What I did not expect was that the Decembrists had a group of wives who were as noble and great as they were. I was really touched by their noble deeds.

The Decembrists consciously devoted themselves to their political beliefs, as the so-called "killing oneself for the sake of righteousness."

The wives of the Decembrists, while dedicating their love to their husbands, also dedicated their youth, wealth, and supposed happy life to their husbands' miserable cause without regrets. In other words, although they did not directly participate in the Decembrist revolution, they indirectly made an indelible contribution to the cause of the liberation of the Russian nation because of their support for their husband's cause.

The narrator told us the real and moving stories with great affection:

Yeyuterina Ivanovna Trubetskaya was the wife of the Decembrist Trubetsky. When her carriage came to the Irkutsk province on the shores of Lake Baikal after five weeks in the snow, the high-ranking officials, at the behest of the Tsar, advised her to return to Petersburg, but she firmly said: "Even though I will die, I have no regrets!" I'm going! I'm going! I'm going to die by my husband's side. “

Aleksandra Gligoryevna Muravyova struggled for a month to get a chance to be exiled. When Nikita Muravyov met his wife who had arrived from Moscow in prison, tears welled up in her eyes: "I'm sorry for you. You better go back to Moscow, I don't want you to suffer from hunger and cold with me. Muravyova replied: "For the sake of our love, I will always follow you." Let me lose everything: fame, status, wealth and even life!"

When the French girl Dondi heard the news of the exile of her former lover Ivashev to Siberia in Paris, she immediately rushed to Russia as fast as she could, and asked the authorities for permission to go to Siberia to marry her lover. She got permission, they got married, and a few years later, under the torture of ice, snow and disease, an exotic couple finally collapsed in the eternal wilderness of Siberia.

Harsh circumstances, suffocating life, at one time made the young officer Vasily Ivanshov depressed and hopeless. At this time, his governess, a French girl, Jumila Ledandjiu, wrote him a marriage proposal and soon came to his side......

Perhaps, the wives of the Decembrists could not fully understand the great historical significance of their husbands' cause, but they certainly could fully understand what love was and what it was. They sublimated the meaning of love to the highest level of the times, and what they "martyred" was not only love, but also freedom and liberation. They are convinced that their loved ones are worth everything. They are honorable and fortunate at the same time, because their love has also not been disappointed!

The value of these wives is that:

They have so many reasons to give up – and families insist they give up! Relatives and friends advised them to give up! The tsar ordered them to give up!

And they didn't give up!!, so their image was tall and brilliant.

This is exactly what Mencius said, "The rich and the rich cannot be lewd, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent". Without the lives and deaths of these wives, the exiled Decembrists might not have been able to live optimistically in the snow and ice, and perhaps they would not have survived the day of amnesty 30 years later. They were noble deeds that gave the Decembrists the most beautiful experience and emotion of humanity and life. They have made them more convinced of their beliefs and ideals.

The more secular and materialistic the world becomes, the more transcendent and unearthly their spirits become, the more noble and holy they become.