The October Revolution, or "Red October", was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolsheviks in 1917.

October Revolution may also refer to:

Political events

  • 5 October 1910 revolution, the overthrow of the Portuguese monarchy
  • Xinhai Revolution in China of October 1911, sometimes called the October Revolution
  • Polish October anti-Stalinist protests and riots of 1956
  • The overthrow of Juan Federico Ponce Vaides and the beginning of the Guatemalan Revolution in 1944
  • October 1964 Revolution in Sudan
  • Peaceful Revolution in East Germany and the decisive events of October–November 1989
  • Vienna Uprising or October Revolution of 1848
  • Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević ("5 October Overthrow") in 2000 in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  • October Rebellion, a series of protests surrounding the 2007 World Bank meetings in Washington D.C., U.S.
  • Revolution of 1934, or Revolution of October 1934, a series of revolutionary strikes in Spain
  • 2019–2021 Lebanese protests, a series of civil protests in Lebanon that began in October 2019 and is still ongoing
  • 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, stand-off in Moscow between the Russian president Boris Yeltsin and the Russian parliament

Other uses

  • October Revolution Island, an island in the Russian Arctic, named after the Russian October Revolution
  • Russian battleship Gangut (1911), recommissioned in 1925 as Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya
  • October Revolution in Jazz, a 1964 music festival
  • The October Revolution (album), a live album of a concert celebrating the anniversary of the October Revolution in Jazz

See also

  • October Crisis (disambiguation)
  • Red October (disambiguation)
  • Krasny Oktyabr (disambiguation)
  • Russian Revolution (disambiguation)
  • November Revolution (disambiguation)