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

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (189)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vladimir Lenin → movement → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Order of the October Revolution → namedAfter → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Order of the October Revolution → namedAfter → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great October Socialist Revolution
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine → notableEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine → notableEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine → notableEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Georgy Lvov → notableEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Grigory Zinoviev → notableEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Natalia Sedova → notableEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Olga Nikolaevna of Russia → notableEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Vladimir Lenin → notableEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution of 1917
Rosa Luxemburg → notableWork → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Russian Revolution
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Mensheviks → opposed → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
April Crisis of 1917 → partOf → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Petrograd Soviet → partOf → Russian Revolution ⓘ
Storming of the Winter Palace → partOf → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Alexander Kerensky → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Alexander Kerensky → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution
Alexander Kerensky → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Anastas Mikoyan → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Felix Dzerzhinsky → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Felix Dzerzhinsky → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Kliment Voroshilov → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Mikhail Frunze → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution
Mikhail Frunze → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Mikhail Kalinin → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Mikhail Kalinin → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Nadezhda Krupskaya → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Nadezhda Krupskaya → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Sergei Kirov → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
Vyacheslav Molotov → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Yakov Sverdlov → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Yakov Sverdlov → participantIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Alexander Svanidze → participatedIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
Lev Kamenev → participatedIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution
Lev Kamenev → participatedIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Nikolai Bukharin → participatedIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
April Theses → politicalContext → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Finnish Civil War → precededBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Finnish Civil War → precededBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution
Finnish Civil War → precededBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Russian Civil War → precededBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution
Russian Civil War → precededBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk → precededBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Fabergé egg → reasonForEndOfProduction → Russian Revolution ⓘ
Chinese Revolution → relatedEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ