Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun october_revolution

1 sense of october revolution

Sense 1
Russian Revolution, 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)
       INSTANCE OF=> coup d'etat, coup, putsch, takeover -- (a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force)