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Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador
The Revolutionary Government Junta (Spanish: Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno, JRG) was the name of three consecutive civic-military governments ruling El Salvador from 1979 to 1982.
Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru
The Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru was the military government that ruled Peru from 1968 to 1980, established by General Juan Velasco Alvarado's coup.
Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia
The Revolutionary Government of Indonesia (PRRI) was a rival government proclaimed in Padang, West Sumatra, on 15 February 1958, suppressed in 1958 and ended by amnesty in 1961.
Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (RGoZ) is the semi-autonomous government of the Zanzibar archipelago within Tanzania, formed after the January 1964 Zanzibar Revolution and governing all non-union matters.
Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (Революційна Повстанська Армія України, RPAU) was a largely volunteer anarchist peasant army that fought across southern Ukraine against Whites and Bolsheviks from 1918 to 1921.
Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile)
The Revolutionary Left Movement (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria, MIR) is a Chilean Marxist-Leninist organization founded in 1965, the country's principal armed left organization through the 1980s.
Revolutionary Left Party (Bolivia)
Founded in 1940 in Oruro, the Revolutionary Left Party (Bolivia), or PIR, was a Marxist party led by law professors José Antonio Arze and Ricardo Anaya.
Revolutionary Love (혁명적인 사랑)
Revolutionary Love (변혁의 사랑, Byeonhyeokui Sarang), also called Byun Hyuk's Love, is a 2017 tvN Korean romantic comedy drama starring Choi Siwon, Kang So-ra, and Gong Myung; 16 episodes aired October 14 to December 3, 2017.
Revolutionary Military Council
The Revolutionary Military Council (Революционный военный совет), the supreme military authority of Soviet Russia, directed the Red Army through the Civil War under Leon Trotsky from 1918 until its abolition in 1934.
Revolutionary movement for Indian independence
Revolutionary movement for Indian independence: the armed strand of India's anticolonial struggle, from Bengal and Maharashtra secret societies to the Ghadar Party abroad and Bhagat Singh, catalyzing rather than directly causing 1947 independence.
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario, MNR) is a Bolivian political party founded in 1941 that led the 1952 revolution, nationalizing the tin mines and enacting universal suffrage.
Revolutionary Offensive
The Revolutionary Offensive (Ofensiva Revolucionaria) was a 1968 campaign launched by Fidel Castro's government that nationalized about 56,000 small private businesses, virtually ending private enterprise in Cuba until 1993.
Revolutionary republic
A revolutionary republic is a republic founded by political revolution on popular sovereignty, beginning with the United States, France, and Haiti. Revolutionary constitutions are typically less rigid and more often followed by democracy than non-revolutionary ones.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road is Richard Yates's 1961 debut novel about Frank and April Wheeler, a 1950s Connecticut suburban couple whose marriage and Paris escape fantasy collapse. National Book Award finalist; adapted by Sam Mendes in 2008 with DiCaprio and Winslet.
Revolutionary Road (film)
Revolutionary Road is a 2008 drama directed by Sam Mendes, adapted from Richard Yates's 1961 novel, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as an unhappily married couple.
Revolutionary socialism
Revolutionary socialism is the strand of socialism holding that capitalism must be overthrown, not reformed, rooted in Marx and Engels' 1848 Communist Manifesto, the First International of 1864, and realized by the Bolsheviks in 1917, opposed by reformist social democracy.
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Indian left party founded March 1940 by ex-Anushilan Samiti, Jugantar and HSRA revolutionaries; anti-Stalinist Marxist-Leninist; Left Front in West Bengal and Tripura, UDF in Kerala since 2014; one Lok Sabha seat, Kollam.
Revolutionary Ukrainian Party
The Revolutionary Ukrainian Party (Революційна українська партія, abbreviated RUP) was the first political party on Ukrainian lands within the Russian Empire, founded in Kharkiv in 1900.
Revolutionary United Front
Revolutionary United Front (RUF), Sierra Leone rebel group founded by Foday Sankoh with Charles Taylor's support; launched the 1991 civil war, committed the largest share of atrocities, and was defeated by 2002.
Revolutions of 1848
Revolutions of 1848, also called the Springtime of Nations (Völkerfrühling): a Europe-wide wave of liberal, nationalist, and worker uprisings from January 1848 to 1849, sparked by crop failures and opposition to the post-1815 conservative order; most failed by 1849 but left lasting social and nationalist legacies.
Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire
The Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire were liberal and nationalist uprisings against Habsburg rule, centered on Vienna, Prague, and Budapest, and suppressed by the imperial army by 1849.
Revolutions of 1917–1923
Revolutions of 1917–1923: post-World War I revolutionary wave from the Russian February and October revolutions through the Comintern's failed Soviet republics in Germany and Hungary, the 1920 Polish campaign, and the German October of 1923, ending with varied revolutionary and counter-revolutionary outcomes across Europe.
Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989: the collapse of communist regimes across Central and Eastern Europe, from Poland's Round Table to the Berlin Wall's fall, the Velvet Revolution, and Romania's violent exception.
Revolutions per minute
Revolutions per minute, abbreviated rpm or r/min, is a non-SI unit of rotational frequency equaling one turn per minute, widely used for engines, hard drives, and centrifuges.
Revolver
A revolver, also called a six-shooter or wheelgun, is a repeating handgun whose rotating cylinder holds several chambers, each aligned in turn with one barrel; Samuel Colt patented the first workable design in 1835.
Revolver (2005 film)
Revolver is a 2005 crime thriller directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Statham as gambler Jake Green, who falls under the protection of two enigmatic loan sharks.
Revolver (Beatles album)
Revolver, the Beatles' seventh studio album, released 5 August 1966 on Parlophone; recorded April–June 1966 at EMI Studios with George Martin and Geoff Emerick, pioneering tape loops, ADT, and varispeed, distinct from Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper.
Revolver (musician)
Revolver is an American hard-rock and heavy-metal magazine launched in New York in 2000, best known for its Golden Gods awards show and covers of Slipknot, Metallica, and Tool.
Revolver (리볼버) (2024 film)
Revolver (리볼버) is a 2024 South Korean crime thriller directed by Oh Seung-uk, starring Jeon Do-yeon as an ex-police officer seeking a vanished promised payout after a two-year prison term. Released August 7, 2024; won 2025 Baeksang Best Director and Best Actress.
Revolver cannon
A revolver cannon is a single-barrel autocannon in which a multi-chamber revolving cylinder loads and fires rounds, reaching full rate instantly and in service for over 70 years.