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Meaning of RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the revolution against the Czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917
  2. [n]  the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922
 
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 Synonyms: February Revolution, October Revolution
 
 See Also: coup, coup d'etat, putsch, revolution, Russia, Soviet Union, takeover, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR

 

 

 

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