Note 122 — Chapter 8 A Prediction—Ogaryov’s Arrest—A Fire—A Moscow Liberal—M. F. Orlov—The Graveyard

The League of Public Welfare was formed in the reign of Alexander I. to support philanthropic undertakings and education, to improve the administration of justice, and to promote the economical welfare of the country. The best men in Russia belonged to it. At first approved by Alexander, it was afterwards repressed, and it split into the ‘Union of the North,’ which aimed at establishing constitutional government, and the ‘Union of the South’ led by Pestel, which aimed at republicanism. The two Unions combined in the attempt of December the Fourteenth.—(Translator’s Note.)