Northern Society of the Decembrists

Northern Secret Society
Северное тайное общество
Supreme Duma membersNikita Muravyov
Nikolay Turgenev
Yevgeny Obolensky
Sergei Trubetskoy
Kondraty Ryleyev
Alexander Odoevsky
Alexander Bestuzhev
FoundersNikita Muravyov
Sergei Trubetskoy
Founded1821 (1821)
DissolvedJanuary 1826 (1826-01)
Split fromUnion of Prosperity
HeadquartersSt. Petersburg
IdeologyClassical liberalism
Constitutionalism
Federalism
Abolitionism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
MovementDecembrists

The Northern Secret Society (Russian: Северное тайное общество, romanizedSevernoye taynoye obshchestvo), also called the Northern Society of the Decembrists or the Decembrists, was formed in St. Petersburg after the dissolution of the Union of Prosperity. Its members participated in the Decembrist revolt.