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Russian Revolution
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...Russian Revolution, violent upheaval in Russia in 1917 that overthrew the czarist...Democratic Labor party (see Bolshevism and Menshevism). The Revolution of 1905The Russian Revolution of 1905 began in St. Petersburg on Jan. 22 (Jan. 9, O......
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February Revolution (in Russian history)
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...February Revolution, 1917, in Russian history: see The February Revolution under Russian Revolution....
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October Revolution
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...October Revolution, 1917, in Russian history: see Russian Revolution....
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Russian Far East
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......completion of the Trans-Siberian RR, Russian settlement of the area accelerated...rest of the island.After the Russian Revolution (1917), Japanese forces landed...and occupied large parts of the Russian territory. They were joined by......
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mir (former Russian peasant community)
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...mir (mēr), former Russian peasant community. The mir, which...its primitive form until after the Russian Revolution of 1917. In a community of free...agricultural methods. After the Revolution of 1905, Stolypin introduced reforms......
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Russian State Library
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...Russian State Library (RSL), Russia's national...renamed for V. I. Lenin, who, after the Russian Revolution, played an important role in its reorganization...country's national library. Renamed the Russian State Library in 1992, it has its main......
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revolution
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...revolution, in a political...include the French, Russian, Chinese, Cuban...revolutions. The American Revolution, however, is a...debilitating war. Both the Russian and Chinese revolutions...Contemporary thinking about revolution is dominated by......
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Russian language
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......Slavonic legacy. Literary Russian is based on the dialect used...simplifying and standardizing Russian writing and grammar, took place after the Revolution of 1917.BibliographySee S. K. Boyanus, A Manual of Russian Pronunciation (1935......
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Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
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......1870–1924, Russian revolutionary...force behind the Revolution of...outbreak of the Russian Revolution of Feb., 1917...to disrupt the Russian war effort.Lenin...for a socialist revolution, arguing that......
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Bolshevism and Menshevism
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......outlined his concept of revolution in Russia: since the Russian bourgeoisie was too weak...other and back again.The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a common effort...called for pacifism.In the Russian Revolution of 1917 the Mensheviks......