Russian Revolution

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

noun

1. Also called Feb·ru·ar·y Rev·o·lu·tion. [feb, -roo-er-ee rev-, uh, -, loo, -sh, uh, n, feb, -yoo‐] 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 Oc·to·ber Rev·o·lu·tion. [ok-, toh, -ber rev-, uh, -, loo, -sh, uh, n] 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 .

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The Russian Revolution summed everything up in an instant: in place of dynastic rule, absolutism of a different kind.

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Initially thrilled by the Russian Revolution, Cahan was speedily disenchanted.

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He also blamed the Jews for the Russian Revolution and said that gynecologists kill black babies on the orders of the Zionists.

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Once, when White was playing cards with some firemen in the engine room, the talk swung to the Russian Revolution.

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These figures are, however, unreliable, and antedate the Russian Revolution.

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Bolshevism is a phenomenon brought about by force; it is not a natural consequence of the progress of the Russian Revolution.

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The collapse of the first Russian Revolution at once broke off Kautsky's evolution along the path of radicalism.

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The Russian Revolution is one of the great heroic events of the world's history.

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