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 .

Example Sentences

Following the 1917 Russian Revolution so many streets and squares in Russia were renamed to feature the word "communism".

From BBC

There is non-fiction, too; histories of the Russian Revolution, of Stalin’s repressions, the fall of communism and of modern Russia’s failed attempts to build democracy.

From BBC

The Russian Revolution, the rise of Hitler, America’s emergence as a world power, the Second World War, and continuing turmoil in the Middle East all have their roots in the First World War.

From Literature

An adaptation of Amor Towles’s novel, it stars McGregor as Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, a mustached aristocrat sentenced to house arrest in a luxury hotel in the years following the Russian Revolution.

From New York Times

“Mother Doll” isn’t a ghost story but a meticulously layered tale of fabulist historical fiction where the details of the Russian Revolution are related with the same depth of detail as a trip to Disneyland.

From Los Angeles Times