Russian Revolution

American  

[ruhsh-uhn rev-uh-loo-shuhn] / ˈrʌʃ ən ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃən /

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.

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Russian Revolution British  

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

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Russian Revolution Cultural  

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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Russian Revolution

Born three years before the Titanic disaster and eight years before the Russian Revolution, Caterham has also lived through two world wars.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

At the same time, he believes Jewish assimilation is a fantasy, as improbable as the socialism that, he contends, revealed its true nature in the Russian Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Parisians storming the Bastille on July 14, 1789, became a model of popular action later adopted, in 1917, by the Russian Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

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

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2025

Before the Russian Revolution, about 80 percent of the population were peasants who worked in the fields like their medieval ancestors.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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