1. 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, October Revolution]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
October Revolution
n 1: 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, October Revolution]