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Russian Revolution

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • 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
  • noun the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917

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Examples

  • Woodrow Wilson accused of being “soft” on see also Lusk Committee; Russia, Soviet; Russian Revolution; Stevenson, Archibald E.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • Woodrow Wilson accused of being “soft” on see also Lusk Committee; Russia, Soviet; Russian Revolution; Stevenson, Archibald E.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • Woodrow Wilson accused of being “soft” on see also Lusk Committee; Russia, Soviet; Russian Revolution; Stevenson, Archibald E.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. coup
  2. coup d'etat
  3. putsch
  4. revolution
  5. takeover

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