russian revolution

Questions about russian revolution

What does russian revolution mean?

russian revolution means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for russian revolution?

Close synonyms include October Revolution, February Revolution. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is russian revolution a common word?

russian revolution is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.