RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Russian Revolution mean? 

• RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (noun)
  The noun RUSSIAN REVOLUTION has 2 senses:

1. 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

2. the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917

  Familiarity information: RUSSIAN REVOLUTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

October Revolution; Russian Revolution

Instance hypernyms:

coup; coup d'etat; putsch; takeover (a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force)

Domain region:

Russia; Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR (a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

February Revolution; Russian Revolution

Instance hypernyms:

revolution (the overthrow of a government by those who are governed)

Domain region:

Russia; Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR (a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991)