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uprising was not prepared properly, soldiers
did not know for sure why they had been
brought to Senate Square. The uprising was
crushed 980 people were killed). The leaders
were arrested and executed.
December, 29 Chernihiv regiment rose in Ukraine. The
1825 – uprising was headed by S. Muravyov-
January, 2 Apostol. The regiment left Vasyl’kiv and
1826 headed for Bila Tserkva. The uprising was
suppressed. More than 50 officers and
soldiers were killed and wounded. The
suppression of uprisings in Petersburg and
Ukraine led to utter defeat of Decembrist
movement.
1822 The 4-volume edition of “The History of
Little Russia” by D. Bantysh-Kamenskyi was
published.
1827-1829 The publication of collections of Ukrainian
songs prepared by M. Maksymovych.
1828– 1829 The Russo-Turkish war. When the Russian
army approached the Danube, Ukrainian
Cossacks of the Danubian Sich that had been
formed after destroyal of the Zaporozhian
Sich by Catherine II, headed by a kosh
otaman Yosyp Hladky joined the Russian
army. After the was over, Cossacks of the
Danubian Sich returned to Ukraine. They
were settled on the coast of the Azov Sea
between Berdyansk and Mariupil’ by order of
the tsar. It got the name of Azov Cossack
Host (1830). It was liquidated in 1865,
Cossacks obtained the status of state peasants.
1830– 1831 The Polish uprising against Russia. It started

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