As we have noted above, it would be nonsense to assume that Russia would accede to such a union. Now, we wish to briefly touch upon the question of such a general project of a federation of the Slavic states as the Russians Pestel, Muraviev, Ryleyev, Bestuzhev, Kakhovsky and others attempted to realise. The unsettled post-Napoleonic period is what influenced their plans. That it was nothing more than a chimera is best proven by the disorder which followed the uprising13 provoked by this plan. The uprising was quashed in but a few hours. The units that took part in it only did so after having been convinced by their officers’ fabricated report of Constantine’s forced abdication. But following the energetic initiative of the Tsar, they stood down immediately, and even their leaders weren’t c
