OCTOBER REVOLUTION

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 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

October Revolution; Russian Revolution

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

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