October Revolution

British  

noun

1. another name for the Russian Revolution

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October Revolution Cultural  

1. The revolution in October 1917 in Russia that brought the Bolsheviks to power. (See Russian Revolution.)

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Example Sentences

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 the October Revolution in 1917, Lenin led a coup and seized power from the other political factions in Petrograd.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

And heavy losses in World War I, combined with inflation and food shortages, resulted in the October Revolution of 1917.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022

Then came the October Revolution, when all of the 200 paintings here were expropriated for the national collection.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

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