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After defeating the rebels militarily, Muravyov began a series of deep reforms which aimed at the liquidation of the breeding grounds for future uprisings. He strengthened the economic, educational and social positions of
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societies, and, although he didn't actively participate in the movement after 1820, he was briefly apprehended by the police after their failed uprising in
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were among the rebel leaders executed on his orders. Those settlements where the rebels were reported had to pay enormous contributions. As a consequence, for Poles and liberal
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of 1830 persuaded him that two principal agents responsible for the spread of the Polish nationalism were the Roman
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