The term "revolution" comes from the Latin word revolutio, which literally means "revolution, transformation." Initially, this term was used in astrology and alchemy and meant precisely the "rotation", for example, of heavenly bodies, or the transformation of beings - metamorphosis.
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Now the term "revolution" is most often used in a political and sociological context. From this point of view, a revolution is a radical upheaval in the political system of a state, which leads to the fact that power is forcibly transferred to another ruling class. At the same time, there is a complete change in the political, and most often the social structure of the state.
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An example of such a coup is the Great French Revolution of 1789 or the February Revolution of 1917. In the first case, France turned from a monarchical republic into a democratic one (at least that was the case at first), and in the second case, Russia became a republic from a monarchy.
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By and large, no revolution is complete without human sacrifice. For example, in the same French Revolution, about a total of up to 4 million people died. However, this does not always happen. For example, the 1989 revolution in Czechoslovakia was called the Velvet Revolution, since it passed without any bloodshed. The term "velvet revolution" came to be used to refer to any bloodless revolution in general.
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It happens that a revolution is called a political coup, which de facto is not a revolution. For example, the change from one ruling dynasty to another, even if bloodshed is committed, is not a revolution, because the political and social system does not change at the same time (for example, the monarchy remains a monarchy).
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The term "revolution" is used in other meanings as well. Most often, it is understood as a revolution, a change in certain ideas about an object, some kind of radical change. For example, the Industrial Revolution is not a political phenomenon, but only a global transition from one type of labor to another.
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A revolution can also be called a change in some kind of social moral foundations. As, for example, the sexual revolution is a term introduced by W. Reich, which is understood as a radical change in the sexual life and values of society in the second half of the XX century.
