page_title: Sergey Muravyov-Apostol
section_title: Early life and military career
hierarchical_section_title: Sergey Muravyov-Apostol / Early life and military career
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaque on the Decembrists' Memorial, St. Petersburg. The inscription reads: На этом месте, 13/25 Июля 1826, года были казнены Декабристы П. Пестель, К. Рылеев, П. Каховский, С. Муравьев-Апостол, М. бестужев-Рюмин. (English: "At this place, 13/25 July 1826, were executed the Decembrists P. Pestel, K. Ryleyev, P. Kakhovsky, S. Muravyov-Apostol and M. Bestuzhev-Ryumin") Français&#160;: Inscription sur le monument décabriste, à Saint-Pétersbourg&#160;: На этом месте, 13/25 Июля 1826, года были казнены Декабристы П. Пестель, К. Рылеев, П. Каховский, С. Муравьев-Апостол, М. бестужев-Рюмин. (Français&#160;: "À ce stade, 13/25 juillet 1826, furet exécutés les décabristes P. Pestel, K. Ryleïev, P. Kakhovski, S. Mouraviov-Apostol et M. Bestoujev-Rioumine")
context_page_description: Sergey Ivanovich Muravyov-Apostol was a Russian Imperial Lieutenant Colonel and one of the organizers of the Decembrist revolt.
  He was one of five Decembrists executed for their roles in attempting to reform the Russian autocracy towards a constitutional form of government.
context_section_description: Sergei was born in Saint Petersburg, the fourth son of Russian diplomat Ivan Muravyov-Apostol. His mother, Anna, was the daughter of a Serbian general, Simon Crnojević. Four of his relatives also became Decembrists: his brothers Ippolit Muravyov-Apostol and Matvey Muravyov-Apostol and his cousins Nikita Muravyov and Artamon Muravyov.
  Sergei spent his childhood in Hamburg and Paris, then graduated from the Saint Petersburg Institute of Road Engineers before joining in the Russian Army.
  He was a veteran of the Patriotic War of 1812. He took part in the Battle of Vitebsk, the Battle of Borodino, the Battle of Tarutino, the Battle of Maloyaroslavets, the Battle of Berezina (for which he was awarded the Golden Sword for Bravery), the Battle of Leipzig (1813), and the Battle for Paris (1814), for which he was awarded the Order of St. Anna, second degree.
  After the Napoleonic wars he served as a poruchik, and later as a captain of the Russian Guards, Semyonovsky Regiment. After the uprising of the Semyonovsky regiment in 1820 he transferred as a Lieutenant Colonel to the Poltava regiment, and in 1822 to the Chernigov regiment.
caption: Plague in remembrance of the five executed Decembrists. Muravyov's name appears second from the bottom.
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