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 in American English
1.
the revolution of 1917 in which the government of the czar was overthrown: it consisted of two distinct revolutions, the first (February Revolution) being the uprising of March (February, Old Style), in which a parliamentarian government headed by Kerensky came to power, the second (October Revolution) being the uprising of November (October, Old Style), in which this government wasreplaced by the Soviet government led by the Bolsheviks (Communists) under Lenin
2.
sometimes, the October Revolution alone
Examples of 'Russian Revolution' in a sentence
Russian Revolution
The books were paperbacks, mostly, narratives and histories of World Wars I and II, the Russian Revolution.