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October Revolution, 1917, in Russian history: see Russian Revolution Russian Revolution, violent upheaval in Russia in 1917 that overthrew the czarist government.
CausesThe revolution was the culmination of a long period of repression and unrest. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| And most of the readers who devoured The Hunt For Red October will be surprised to learn that an equally dramatic, but much less successful, event happened aboard a Soviet missile frigate in 1975. When Clancy exploded on the book scene in the 1980s with The Hunt for Red October, a thriller about a Soviet nuclear submarine whose captain wants to defect, the book was praised in the highest military and policy circles for the author's grasp both of military technology and of the ways soldiers, spies, and politicians think about the technology. A key scene in The Hunt for Red October comes when a U. |
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