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* Defeat of Irish forced during the [[Easter Rising]] (1916) | * Defeat of Irish forced during the [[Easter Rising]] (1916) | ||
* [[Restoration of capitalism in the Soviet Union]] (1956) | * [[Restoration of capitalism in the Soviet Union]] (1956) | ||
** [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union]] (1991) | |||
* [[Reform and opening-up]] in the [[People's Republic of China]] (1978) | * [[Reform and opening-up]] in the [[People's Republic of China]] (1978) | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 18:28, 11 October 2025
A counter-revolution is the reactionary reversal of the gains made by a social revolution to the extent of its complete negation. Counter-revolutions commonly entail the restoration of the mode of production and corresponding state form which was overthrown, e.g. feudalism in the case of bourgeois revolution and capitalism in the case of socialist revolution.
A person who engages in counter-revolution is known as a counter-revolutionary.
Examples
- Freikorps invasion of the Bavarian Soviet Republic (1919)
- Defeat of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (1918)
- Defeat of Irish forced during the Easter Rising (1916)
- Restoration of capitalism in the Soviet Union (1956)
- Reform and opening-up in the People's Republic of China (1978)