WI Czar Nicholas I killed in 1825?

On the morning of 14 December 1825, a group of officers commanding about 3,000 men assembled in Senate Square, where they refused to swear allegiance to the new Czar, Nicholas I, proclaiming instead their loyalty to the idea of a Russian constitution. They expected to be joined by the rest of the troops stationed in Saint Petersburg, but they were disappointed.
When Prince Trubetskoy (he was elected as interim Dictator) failed to turn up at the square, Nicholas sent Count Mikail Miloradovich, a military hero who was greatly respected by ordinary soldiers, to pacify the rebels. While delivering a speech, Miloradovich was shot dead by an officer called Peter Kakhovsky. At the same time, a rebelling grenadier squad lead by lieutenant Nikolay Panov, entered the Winter Palace, but failed to seize it and retreated.
WI Panov and his squad managed to seize the Winter Palace and killed the Czar? What happens next? Grand Duke Constantine had renounced his place in succession so who gets the throne?
How is this altering History? Any thoughts?
 
On the morning of 14 December 1825, a group of officers commanding about 3,000 men assembled in Senate Square, where they refused to swear allegiance to the new Czar, Nicholas I, proclaiming instead their loyalty to the idea of a Russian constitution. They expected to be joined by the rest of the troops stationed in Saint Petersburg, but they were disappointed.
When Prince Trubetskoy (he was elected as interim Dictator) failed to turn up at the square, Nicholas sent Count Mikail Miloradovich, a military hero who was greatly respected by ordinary soldiers, to pacify the rebels. While delivering a speech, Miloradovich was shot dead by an officer called Peter Kakhovsky. At the same time, a rebelling grenadier squad lead by lieutenant Nikolay Panov, entered the Winter Palace, but failed to seize it and retreated.
WI Panov and his squad managed to seize the Winter Palace and killed the Czar? What happens next? Grand Duke Constantine had renounced his place in succession so who gets the throne?
How is this altering History? Any thoughts?

Well, Constantine can always unrenounce the throne, or he can stand as Regent to Nicholas' 7 year old son Alexander (the only son to be born as yet, tho there are also 3 dtrs)

Then there's also the fourth brother, Grand Duke Michael (who has 3 dtrs IIRC)

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Grey Wolf
 
Well, Constantine can always unrenounce the throne, or he can stand as Regent to Nicholas' 7 year old son Alexander (the only son to be born as yet, tho there are also 3 dtrs)

Then there's also the fourth brother, Grand Duke Michael (who has 3 dtrs IIRC)

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Grey Wolf

Well Constantine could stand as a Regent for Alexander and he was loved by the army so he could appease the soldiers... After Czar Paul I Russia followed strict Salic Law by excluding all female members and male descendants in female line from succession line... So even if Grand Duke Mikhail bypassed the 7 yo Alexander and became Czar succession would have reverted back to Alexander upon Mikhail's death since he had only daughters... Grand Duke Constantine had renounced his claim secretly plus he had married in contravention of the Royal Marriages Law thus removing himself ipso facto from succession line...
If Nicholas I died then a "political crisis" over succession would be imminent (sic)...
 
Well Constantine could stand as a Regent for Alexander and he was loved by the army so he could appease the soldiers... After Czar Paul I Russia followed strict Salic Law by excluding all female members and male descendants in female line from succession line... So even if Grand Duke Mikhail bypassed the 7 yo Alexander and became Czar succession would have reverted back to Alexander upon Mikhail's death since he had only daughters... Grand Duke Constantine had renounced his claim secretly plus he had married in contravention of the Royal Marriages Law thus removing himself ipso facto from succession line...
If Nicholas I died then a "political crisis" over succession would be imminent (sic)...

Well, Paul was father to all of these guys so not THAT much time has passed to make his law a TRADITIONAL one, and what was made by one Tsar could still be unmade by another without seeming to be TOO disastrous.

I guess the main problem in the immediate term would be the distances involved and the location of the major players. With an insurrection in St Petersburg, and with Constantine in Warsaw, who is looking out for young Alexander's interests, and where is Michael ?

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Grey Wolf
 
Grand Duke Mikhail was only recently married in 1825 and was in St. Petersburg... So he could be the Regent fo his nephew... The question is would the army forced the Regent (Mikhail or Constantine) to accept a Constitution or a mini civil war erupts and Romanovs end up deposed?
 
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