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Noun: October Revolution
  1. The coup d'état 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
    - Russian Revolution

Type of: coup, coup d'état, putsch, takeover

Encyclopedia: October Revolution