Duke Ordorff has indeed been quite busy recently. With the revolutionary tide once again making waves in Europe, with France falling again, and with Nicholas I's sensitive nerves being highly tense, he, the third part of the
It's always been a very sad day.
Because of the late warning of the revolutionary storm, the response was not particularly satisfactory. Nicholas I had already lectured and criticized Duke Ordorff several times, which made the old man feel both embarrassed and a little scared.
He knew that if he made another mistake, he would be dismissed, idle and even jailed. Yes, even though he was a confidant of Nicholas I and a duke, he made the tsar unhappy in Russian history.
All the Dukes ended up very miserable, and he didn't want to be the next one.
"Inspect every university, every theater, every salon, every dance in St. Petersburg, and don't let go of any corners. Keep a close eye on professors and students in those universities, especially those who are sensitive, and even more so.
You need to pay special attention!”
Speaking of this, Ordov suddenly paused, seemed to remember something, frowned, and asked: "What is that Mikhail Vasilyevich doing now?"
Mikhail Vasilyevich, there are not even 100,000 but 80,000 Russians with this name in Russia, but in St. Petersburg, the one who called this name at the internal meeting of the Third Department specifically had the surname Petrashevs.
The base one.
So what is so special about this Petrashevsky? In fact, he is nothing special. He is not an earth-shattering figure. At least he is not particularly famous historically. However, in St. Petersburg in the 1840s, this man was still somewhat influential.
.because he created a utopian socialism research group.
This group can be regarded as the pioneer of Russian socialism. The most famous person in this group is called Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who is also considered a giant in the literary world.
Of course, Dostoyevsky is still a young man now. He has just become famous with the publication of the epistolary novel "The Poor Man", and he has a very good relationship with Nekrasov and Belinsky.
However, the young and successful Dostoevsky was soon not satisfied with the set of ideas of Nekrasov and Belinsky. He began to be more radical and wanted more freedom, so he soon
Parted ways with Nekrasov and Belinsky.
After that, he met Petrashevsky, a translator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a noble background. He graduated from St. Petersburg University and received an associate doctorate in law. However, he did not have much interest in rigorous legal studies.
He was in love with Fourier's utopian socialism theory.
Please note that this Petrashevsky is not a mentor like Lenin. He does not have that kind of leadership temperament. In a sense, he is more like a rebel in a traditional Russian aristocratic family.
Because Petrashevsky was an out-and-out freak, how should I put it? Because he wanted to attract attention in everything and did something unique. At that time, Russian officials all wore official uniforms designed by Peter the Great or Nico
The military uniform favored by Vladimir I, but this Petrashevsky wanted to dress in strange clothes-this guy actually wore a Spanish cloak and a high hat to work.
At that time, Russia had expressly stipulated that long hair was not allowed, but he decided to do the opposite: He was not allowed to have long hair, right? Then I simply shaved my head without any hair, and then put on a French late 18th century style long hair.
A long wig and a long beard to go to work.
Anyway, he just wants to go against the official regulations and openly express his dissatisfaction and disdain. This kind of artist's neurotic temperament is definitely not suitable for being a mentor and leader of the revolution, because people who can't protect themselves will definitely not be able to accomplish anything big.
Such people only care about temporary pleasure and have no long-term plan. When the pleasure is over, it will be their peak, and then there will be nothing left.
However, Petrashevsky also acted as a beacon in the cage-like Russian society at that time, and soon he gathered around him a group of young people who were as dissatisfied with the autocratic rule as he was. This group of people met regularly to discuss philosophy
and social issues, imagining the future. Later it was called the Petrashevsky group or the Petrashevsky utopian socialism group.
There are still differences within the Petrashevsky group. The radicals headed by Petrashevsky, Maikov and Momberg are more unrestrained in their thinking. They advocate freedom and democracy and advocate using revolutionary violence to fight counter-revolutionary violence.
, hoping that revolutionary means would overthrow the rule of the Romanov family, eliminate the serfdom system and establish a free and democratic republic, and launch an armed uprising.
However, the liberals or reformists headed by Dostoyevsky, Bekremishev and Danilevsky were not as wild as Petrashevsky and advocated top-down reform of Russia.
It’s better not to play with armed uprisings, it’s really a bit scary.
Of course, liberals also have advanced aspects, such as adhering to materialism and opposing mysticism. Anyway, this small circle is the most radical and advanced circle of friends in Russia.
But this group of young people who are full of revolutionary romantic ideas never thought that they had already collectively been on the blacklist of the third film. As Nicholas I's henchmen, how could the third film fail to notice such a maverick Peter?
Rashevsky, in fact, in the third part, spies were sent into the Petrashevsky group early on, and they knew the group members and their activities very well.
Naturally, the activities of Petrashevsky's group also came into Oldorf's eyes. The old Duke had not taken these dissolute young people seriously before, and only regarded them as a group of spoiled people.
I don't know how high-minded the young master is, he thinks they are just gathering people to gossip and try to please others.
Because there are too many people like this in St. Petersburg, but they express themselves in different ways. More people are drunk and crazy, such as holding carnivals or so-and-so banquets.
But after revolutionary movements broke out in Paris, Berlin and Vienna, Ordorff no longer dared to be careless, because a crazy kid like Petrashevsky suddenly incited the mob to run away, easily setting off the
After all, there is a government. Who knows if Petrashevsky and his gang are planning to imitate this!
If these people really start an uprising, even if Ordorf thinks they can't do anything, as long as they really do it, it will be a huge disaster. What will Nicholas I think of him? His Majesty will never
He would say it was nothing, but he would think it was evidence that Ordorff was not doing his job well! It would not be fun at that time...