Russian Revolution

[ruhsh-uhn rev-uh-loo-shuhn]

noun

1. Also called February Revolution. the uprising in Russia in March 1917 (February,Old Style ) in which the czarist government collapsed and a provisional government was established.

2. Also called October Revolution. a coup d'état in November 1917 (October,Old Style ), which overthrew the provisional Russian government established eight months earlier, and which resulted in the formation of the Soviet government.

Russian Revolution

noun

1. Also called (reckoned by the Julian calendar): February Revolution. the uprising in Russia in March 1917, during which the tsar abdicated and a provisional government was set up

2. Also called (reckoned by the Julian calendar): October Revolution. the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917, transforming the uprising into a socialist revolution. This was followed by a period of civil war against counter-revolutionary armies (1918–22), which ended in eventual victory for the Bolsheviks

Russian Revolution

1. A revolution in Russia in 1917–1918, also called the October Revolution, that overthrew the czar and brought the Bolsheviks, a Communist party led by Lenin, to power. The revolution was encouraged by Russian setbacks in World War I.

Example Sentences

One difference is that in 1917, the Russian Revolution happened, and the ruling elites in both Europe and the United States feared that its spirit would spread.

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He compared our present moment to what was happening a century ago in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution.

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Mrs Caterham was born three years before the Titanic disaster, eight years before the Russian Revolution and lived through two world wars.

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The Russian Revolution of 1917 is especially revealing: It demonstrates how a people can challenge a regime with one goal in mind, and get the opposite result, a far worse tyranny.

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When he penned his eyewitness account of the 1917 Russian Revolution, American journalist John Reed famously titled it Ten Days That Shook The World.

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