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Revolution , A sudden, tumultuous, and radical transformation of an entire system of government, including its legal and political components.
In many instances,… Rebellion , rebellion, revolution Relatively rare but historically important events in which an entire social and political order is overturned, usually by viole… February Revolution , February Revolution, 1848, French revolution that overthrew the monarchy of Louis Philippe and established the Second Republic. General dissatisfacti… Cultural Revolution , "Cultural revolution" (kulturnaya revolyutsiya ) was a concept used by Lenin in his late writings (e.g., his 1923 article "On Cooperation") to refer… Leon Trotsky , BORN: 1879, Yanovka, Ukraine
NATIONALITY: Russian
GENRE: Nonfiction
MAJOR WORKS:
My Life (1930)
The History of the Russian Revolution to Brest-Litovs… Mexican Revolution , This bloody upheaval (1910–1920), which left more than 1 million dead, brought profound political and economic change to Mexico. It caused the fall o…
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