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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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 ⓘ

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Decree on Peace → relatedEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Eastern Front → relatedEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War I)
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Decree on Land → relatedTo → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Decree on Land → relatedTo → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Storming of the Winter Palace → relatedTo → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Storming of the Winter Palace → relatedTo → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution
Mensheviks → roleIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution of 1917
The Decision to Intervene → setInContextOf → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bolshevik Revolution
Boris Pasternak → setWorkIn → Russian Revolution ⓘ
Doctor Zhivago → settingPeriod → Russian Revolution ⓘ
The Life of Klim Samgin → settingPeriodEnd → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1917 Russian Revolution
Council of Ministers → significantEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution
Council of Ministers → significantEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Imperial Russian Navy → significantEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution
Imperial Russian Navy → significantEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Palace Square → significantEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution (1917)
Palace Square → significantEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution (1917)
Winter Palace → significantEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution of 1917
Winter Palace → significantEvent → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution of 1917
History of the Russian Revolution → subject → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
History of the Russian Revolution → subject → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
History of the Russian Revolution → subject → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: February Revolution
My Life → subject → Russian Revolution ⓘ
My Life → subject → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: October Revolution
Nicholas II diaries → subject → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
this entity surface form: Bolshevik Revolution
The Liberator (magazine) → supported → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bolshevik Revolution
Kornilov Affair → temporalContext → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Leon Trotsky Museum → theme → Russian Revolution ⓘ
My Life → timePeriodCovered → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Terrorism and Communism → timePeriodDescribed → Russian Revolution ⓘ
Tauride Palace → usedDuring → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
hammer and sickle → usedDuring → Russian Revolution ⓘ
Church on Spilled Blood → wasDamagedDuring → Russian Revolution ⓘ
Triple Entente → weakenedBy → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
The State and Revolution → writtenDuring → Russian Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
Li Dazhao → wroteAbout → Russian Revolution ⓘ