noun
1. the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917
• Syn: ↑February Revolution
• Regions: ↑Soviet Union, ↑Russia, ↑Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, ↑USSR
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑revolution
2. 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
• Syn: ↑October Revolution
• Regions: ↑Soviet Union, ↑Russia, ↑Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, ↑USSR
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑coup d'etat, ↑coup, ↑putsch, ↑takeover
Useful english dictionary. 2012.