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A '''counterrevolution''' is an opposing [[revolution]] that | [[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]]. | |||
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* [[Mensheviks]] | * [[Mensheviks]] | ||
* [[Counterrevolutions of 1989]] | * [[Counterrevolutions of 1989]] | ||
* [[1989 Tian'anmen Square riots]] | * [[1989 Tian'anmen Square riots]] | ||
* [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:28, 21 May 2023
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.