What does Pestel's Russkaya Pravda say?

And the "Constitution" Muravyov, and "Russian Truth"Pestel is considered one of the main sources by which one can study the beliefs of the Decembrists. Officially, only a document written by the head of the Southern Society was adopted.

However, the "Constitution", proposed by Nikita Mikhailovich Muravyov, acquired at one time a wide popularity and reflected the political views of members of the Northern Society.

PI Pestel "Russian Truth": the history of the document

The main points of the "reserve of letters" weresubmitted to the Southern Society and approved by him in 1823. But this document was given its full name after a year. Pestel PI worked on his brainchild for four years. Initially, he planned to write ten chapters, but as a result, there were only five of them: the tribes inhabiting the country, and the estates inhabiting it, about the land, and also about the people, both civilly and politically. The main ideas of the new Decembrist Constitution were borrowed from philosophers of the Enlightenment.

"Russian Truth" Pestel PI on the national question

Pavel Ivanovich proposed to divide the entire population of the country into three categories:

1) Slavic tribes.

2) Indigenous Russian people.

3) Tribes attached to Russia.

It was suggested, for example, that the Roma be evicted forborders of the country, if they do not agree to accept the Orthodox faith. Muslims could be saved religion, but renounce polygamy. Jews, in the case of continued hostility towards Christians, should be collected and evicted to the territory of Turkey with the subsequent formation there of the Jewish state.

"Pravda PI" on the rights of citizens

All citizens are subject to the same lawresponsibility, a new court was introduced for them. Men, from the age of twenty, gain the right to vote. Freedom of religion, movement, assembly, press and speech was envisaged. The inviolability of the home and its owner was guaranteed.

"Russian Truth" Pestel PI on the state issue

Pavel Ivanovich fervently advocated thatthe country was established. He was sure that after the overthrow of the tsarist power the state would become an indivisible whole. The plans were to divide Russia into oblasts (ten), which would consist of five districts or provinces, which in turn were divided into districts or counties, and the latter - at the volost. Nizhny Novgorod was supposed to be called Vladimir and move the capital there.

And the city of Vladimir itself, in order to avoid the imminentconfusion, call Klyazmin, since he stands on the river Klyazma. The People's Veche, consisting of five hundred people, was supposed to have legislative power, and the Power Duma - executive. Five people making up the last, for five years would be elected by the People's Veche. In submission to the State Duma should have been all the ministries.

"Russian Truth" Pestel PI on the land issue

In the first place serfdom was plannedcompletely cancel. With regard to the arable land Pestel went on a compromise. He enjoined that one half of it should go to social needs, and the second - still remain in the hands of the landlords. Farmers could lease land from owners to organize large farms and thus attract hired workers. Pestel explained this decision by the fact that the peasants have neither the capital nor the education necessary for the competent disposal of land. But even with such a seemingly limiting, for that time his project was more than radical.

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