Biography Bestuzhev Nikolai Alexandrovich

Bestuzhev Nikolai Alexandrovich (13 (24) .04.1791 – 15 (27) .05.1855), Lieutenant (1824), brother of Alexander Alexandrovich and Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bestuzhevs. Since the end of 1824 a member of the Northern society and its Supreme Duma. Republican, a supporter of the liberation of peasants from the land. Conducted revolutionary propaganda among naval officers. The closest aide, KF Ryleeva during the preparation of the uprising in St. Petersburg. Advocated for the establishment of the dictatorship after the coup interim government. 14 December 1825 and drafted a manifesto to the people, led by Senate Square the Guards. He was sentenced to penal servitude, reduced to 20 years, who was serving in Nerchinsk mines. From 1839 to the settlement in Irkutsk province. In Siberia in educating the local Russian and Buryat populations. Known as a writer, historian of the Russian navy, an economist and a talented painter. Cit.: Articles and letters, M, – L., 1933. Lit.: Pavlova, GE, Dekabrist N. Bestuzhev – historian of the Russian navy, MA, 1953; Baranovskaya M., N. Dekabrist Bestuzhev, M., 1954.