Editing October Revolution (section)

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[[File:19191107-lenin second anniversary october revolution moscow.jpg|thumb|[[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]], [[Leon Trotsky|Trotsky]] and [[Lev Kamenev|Kamenev]] celebrating the second anniversary of the October Revolution]]
[[File:Rīga, 1988.g. - panoramio.jpg|thumb|240px|Anniversary of October Revolution in [[Riga]], Soviet Union in 1988]]

The October Revolution marks the inception of the first communist government in Russia, and thus the first large-scale and constitutionally ordained [[socialist state]] in world history. After this, the [[Russian Republic]] became the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], which later became part of the Soviet Union.

The October Revolution also made the ideology of communism influential on a global scale in the 20th century. Communist parties would start to form in many countries after 1917.

''[[Ten Days That Shook the World]]'', a book written by American journalist [[John Reed (journalist)|John Reed]] and first published in 1919, gives a firsthand exposition of the events. Reed died in 1920, shortly after the book was finished.

[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] wrote his ''[[Symphony No. 2 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 2 in B major]]'', Op. 14, and subtitled it ''To October'', for the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution. The choral finale of the work, "To October", is set to a text by Alexander Bezymensky, which praises Lenin and the revolution. The ''Symphony No. 2'' was first performed on 5 November 1927 by the [[Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra]] and the Academy Capella Choir under the direction of [[Nikolai Malko]].

[[Sergei Eisenstein]] and [[Grigori Aleksandrov]]'s film ''[[October: Ten Days That Shook the World]]'', first released on 20 January 1928 in the USSR and on 2 November 1928 in New York City, describes and glorifies the revolution, having been commissioned to commemorate the event.

The Hollywood film'', [[Reds (film)|Reds]],'' released in 1981 was based on Reed's account of the October Revolution and featured interviews with historical contemporaries from the period for the film.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Berger |first=Hanno |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v5eDEAAAQBAJ&dq=reds+film+1981+hollywood&pg=PA130 |title=Thinking Revolution Through Film: On Audiovisual Stagings of Political Change |date=20 September 2022 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-1107-5470-4 |pages=123–130 |language=en}}</ref>

The term "Red October" (Красный Октябрь, ''Krasnyy Oktyabr'') has been used to signify the October Revolution. "Red October" was given to a steel factory that was made notable by the [[Battle of Stalingrad]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ivanov |first=Mikhail |title=Survival Russian |publisher=Russian Life Books |date=2007 |isbn=978-1-8801-0056-1 |location=Montpelier, VT |page=44 |oclc=191856309}}</ref> a [[Krasny Oktyabr Open Joint-Stock Company|Moscow sweets factory]] that is well known in Russia, and a [[Red October (fictional submarine)|fictional Soviet submarine]] in both [[Tom Clancy]]'s 1984 novel ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'' and the [[The Hunt for Red October (film)|1990 film adaptation of the same name]].

The date 7 November, the anniversary of the October Revolution according to the Gregorian Calendar, was the official [[national day]] of the Soviet Union from 1918 onward and still is a public holiday in Belarus and the breakaway territory of [[Transnistria]]. Communist parties both in and out of power celebrate 7 November as the date Marxist parties began to take power.

The Russian Revolution was perceived as a rupture with [[imperialism]] for various civil rights and [[decolonization]] struggles and providing a space for [[oppression|oppressed]] groups across the world. This was given further credence with the Soviet Union supporting many [[anti-colonial]] [[Third World|third world]] movements with financial funds against European [[colonialism|colonial]] powers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thorpe |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XOJaEAAAQBAJ&dq=soviet+union+funding+anti+colonial+movements&pg=PA207 |title=Sociology in Post-Normal Times |date=28 February 2022 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-7936-2598-4 |language=en}}</ref>