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[[File:Alexander Kolchak.png|thumb|253x253px|[[Alexander Kolchak]], leader of the counterrevolutionary [[White Army]] during the [[Russian Civil War]]]] | [[File:Alexander Kolchak.png|thumb|253x253px|[[Alexander Kolchak]], leader of the counterrevolutionary [[White Army]] during the [[Russian Civil War]]]] | ||
A '''counterrevolution''' is an opposing [[revolution]] that attempts to reverse a revolution. A person or group who opposes a revolution is declared '''counter-revolutionary'''. In [[Marxism|Marxist]] theory, counterrevolutions are a [[reactionary]] force usually composed of [[bourgeois]] forces. In the past, [[Feudalism|feudal]] lords also attempted counterrevolutions against [[Bourgeois revolution|bourgeois revolutions]] like the [[French Revolution]]. | A '''counterrevolution''' is an opposing [[revolution]] that attempts to reverse a revolution. A person or group who opposes a revolution is declared '''counter-revolutionary'''. In [[Marxism|Marxist]] theory, counterrevolutions are a [[reactionary]] force usually composed of [[bourgeois]] forces. In the past, [[Feudalism|feudal]] lords also attempted counterrevolutions against [[Bourgeois revolution|bourgeois revolutions]] like the [[French Revolution]]. | ||
== List of counterrevolutions == | |||
=== Feudal === | |||
* [[English Civil War|Stuart Restoration]] (1660) | |||
* [[Kingdom of France (1815–1848)|Bourbon Restoration]] (1814–1815) | |||
=== Bourgeois === | |||
* [[White Terror (Finland)|Finnish White Terror]] (1918) | |||
* [[White Terror (Hungary)|Hungarian White Terror]] (1919–1921) | |||
* [[1989 Tian'anmen Square riots|Tian'anmen Square riots]] (1989; failed) | |||
* [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union]] (1991) | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Colour revolution|Color revolution]] | |||
* [[Mensheviks]] | * [[Mensheviks]] | ||
* [[Counterrevolutions of 1989]] | * [[Counterrevolutions of 1989]] | ||
Revision as of 20:52, 11 June 2024
A counterrevolution is an opposing revolution that attempts to reverse a revolution. A person or group who opposes a revolution is declared counter-revolutionary. In Marxist theory, counterrevolutions are a reactionary force usually composed of bourgeois forces. In the past, feudal lords also attempted counterrevolutions against bourgeois revolutions like the French Revolution.
List of counterrevolutions
Feudal
- Stuart Restoration (1660)
- Bourbon Restoration (1814–1815)
Bourgeois
- Finnish White Terror (1918)
- Hungarian White Terror (1919–1921)
- Tian'anmen Square riots (1989; failed)
- Overthrow of the Soviet Union (1991)