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

He was in Moscow during the October Revolution, and some of the book’s most memorable passages describe his hiding with neighbors as Bolsheviks and Kadets fought in the streets.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 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

Attieh recalled an anti-corruption demonstration in front of his office during the October Revolution.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 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