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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Example Sentences

In the troika of major figures in the Russian Revolution, Trotsky stood for ideas and Stalin represented power; their predecessor, Vladimir Lenin, had fused the two values as the frowning avatar of communist leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Over the next few years, those factors, along with the global ripple effects of the Russian Revolution, would split the Socialist Party into multiple warring factions.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

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

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

Katya Apekina’s interest in the supernatural informs her new novel, ‘Mother Doll,’ a wild multigenerational story set both in modern-day Los Angeles and in Petrograd during the Russian Revolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024

Oleg's father had been a White Russian, part of the anticommunist movement that fought against the Bolsheviks—the Communists—during the Russian Revolution.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau