October Revolution
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Warren Beatty co-wrote, produced and directed this historical drama about John Reed, a journalist who chronicled Russia’s 1917 October Revolution.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025
In 2017, on the centenary of Russia's October Revolution, he spoke to the BBC about what it was like to witness two world leaders having a spat during the Cold War.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023
In the October Revolution in 1917, Lenin led a coup and seized power from the other political factions in Petrograd.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
It won first place that year in the society’s competition to honor the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution.
From New York Times • May 13, 2022
Even the October Revolution in Russia in 1905, an event with thunderously far-reaching implications for society at large, had minimal impact on the contemporaneous upheavals in music.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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