russian revolution

Noun russian revolution has 2 senses

• russian revolution(n = noun.act) october revolution - 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;
is a kind of coup, coup d'etat, putsch, takeover

• russian revolution(n = noun.act) february revolution - the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917;
is a kind of revolution