noun
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: ↑Russian Revolution
• Regions: ↑Soviet Union, ↑Russia, ↑Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, ↑USSR
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑coup d'etat, ↑coup, ↑putsch, ↑takeover
Useful english dictionary. 2012.