Russian Revolution

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historical event political upheaval revolution

The Russian Revolution was a series of political upheavals in 1917 that overthrew the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Bolsheviks and the creation of the Soviet state.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form	Occurrences
Russian Revolution of 1917	64
October Revolution	50
February Revolution	26
Bolshevik Revolution	4
February Revolution of 1917	4
October Revolution of 1917	3
1917 Russian Revolution	2
Great October Socialist Revolution	2
1917 October Revolution	1
Abdication of Nicholas II	1
Fall of the Russian monarchy	1
February Revolution (1917)	1
October Revolution (1917)	1
The Russian Revolution	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political upheaval ⓘ revolution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: 1917 Russian Revolution Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Great October Socialist Revolution
conflict	World War I ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
country	Russian Empire ⓘ
endDate	1923-01-01 ⓘ
followedBy	Russian Civil War ⓘ
hasCause	World War I ⓘ autocratic rule ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ food shortages ⓘ industrial labor unrest ⓘ military defeats ⓘ peasant land hunger ⓘ social inequality ⓘ
hasEffect	Russian Civil War ⓘ Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ⓘ land redistribution ⓘ nationalization of industry ⓘ one-party rule by the Communist Party ⓘ withdrawal of Russia from World War I ⓘ
hasPart	Russian Revolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: February Revolution Russian Revolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: October Revolution
ideology	Leninism ⓘ Marxism ⓘ communism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
keyEvent	July Days ⓘ Kornilov Affair ⓘ abdication of Nicholas II ⓘ Storming of the Winter Palace ⓘ surface form: storming of the Winter Palace
leader	Alexander Kerensky ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
location	Russia ⓘ
mainSubject	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ surface form: Bolshevik Party Tsarist autocracy ⓘ peasants ⓘ working class ⓘ
opposedTo	Russian Provisional Government ⓘ Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ surface form: Tsar Nicholas II White movement ⓘ
participant	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ surface form: Bolsheviks Mensheviks ⓘ Socialist Revolutionary Party ⓘ surface form: Socialist Revolutionaries peasants ⓘ soldiers ⓘ workers ⓘ
precededBy	1905 Russian Revolution ⓘ
result	abdication of Tsar Nicholas II ⓘ collapse of the Russian Empire ⓘ creation of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ end of the Romanov dynasty ⓘ establishment of Bolshevik government ⓘ formation of the Soviet Union ⓘ overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
significantDocument	April Theses ⓘ Decree on Land ⓘ Decree on Peace ⓘ
significantOrganization	Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: All-Russian Congress of Soviets Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
significantPlace	Moscow ⓘ Tsentralny District of Saint Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Petrograd
startDate	1917-02-23 ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ

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Lesser coat of arms of the Russian Empire → abolishedAfter → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: February Revolution

Tsar of Russia → abolishedBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: February Revolution

Socialist Revolutionary Party → activeDuring → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: February Revolution

Socialist Revolutionary Party → activeDuring → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) → activeIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: February Revolution

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) → activeIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution

Russian Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1917 Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great October Socialist Revolution

Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia → associatedEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia → associatedEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of the Russian monarchy

Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia → associatedEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer → associatedEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Leninism → associatedWith → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia → associatedWith → Russian Revolution ⓘ

subject surface form: Nicholas II of Russia

this entity surface form: February Revolution

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia → associatedWith → Russian Revolution ⓘ

subject surface form: Nicholas II of Russia

this entity surface form: October Revolution

Yanovka → associatedWith → Russian Revolution ⓘ

Communist Party of the Soviet Union → associatedWithEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution

Maria Nikolaevna of Russia → associatedWithEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: February Revolution

People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR → associatedWithEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

October: Ten Days That Shook the World → basedOn → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution

Council of People's Commissars → cameIntoForceAfter → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution

Russian Civil War → cause → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia → causeOfExile → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Russia Company → ceasedOperationsDueTo → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Lavr Kornilov → conflict → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: February Revolution

Lavr Kornilov → conflict → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution

The Liberator (magazine) → coveredEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Their Morals and Ours → defends → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution

October: Ten Days That Shook the World → depictsEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1917 October Revolution

Imperial Russian Army → disintegratedDuring → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: February Revolution

Imperial Russian Army → disintegratedDuring → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution

Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire → dissolutionCause → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

State Bank of the Russian Empire → dissolutionCause → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Russian Empire → dissolutionEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: February Revolution

Russian Empire → dissolutionEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II

Russian Empire → dissolutionReason → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Caucasus Military District → dissolvedAfter → Russian Revolution ⓘ

Russian Provisional Government → dissolvedBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution

Imperial Russian Army → dissolvedFollowing → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Kars Oblast → dissolvedFollowing → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Imperial Russian Ballet → dissolvedOrTransformedAfter → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Russian ruble (Empire) → endUseEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Empress of Russia → endedBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Imperial Russian administrative system → endedWith → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

RSFSR → establishedAfter → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia → eventWitnessed → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Local Council of 1917–1918 → followed → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: February Revolution of 1917

1905 Russian Revolution → followedBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: February Revolution

1905 Russian Revolution → followedBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: October Revolution