Red October
Lenin's revolutionary month
Red October refers to the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917, when communist forces seized power in Russia.
The phrase evokes revolutionary upheaval and Soviet imagery.
It gained wider currency from Tom Clancy's novel *The Hunt for Red October* (1984), about a Soviet submarine captain's defection, and its 1990 film adaptation.
The captain planned to defect with the Red October.
Largest submarine class built
- Soviet NavyUSSR's maritime military
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- ballistic missileSelf-propelled arcing munition
- sonarUnderwater detection by echoes
torpedo · hull · periscope · depth · dive · captain · crew · defection
Former communist superstate
- defectionAbandoning one's loyalty
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
- KGBUSSR intelligence service
- nuclear threatRisk of warhead deployment
arms race · Iron Curtain · NATO · espionage · intelligence · covert · surveillance · moles
- techno-thrillerSuspenseful fiction featuring advanced systems
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- debutFirst public appearance
- submarine captainCommander of underwater vessel
Jack Ryan · defection · CIA analyst · page-turner · military fiction · espionage novel · plot twist · suspense
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- ParamountMajor film conglomerate
- 1990Final decade's start
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
Alec Baldwin · soundtrack · cinematography · casting · Academy Award · sound editing · James Earl Jones · Sam Neill
Soviet communist party member
- 1917Late Great War
- LeninSoviet state founder
- PetrogradRussian city name, 1914-24
- calendarDate-tracking system
anniversary · communism · uprising · Tsar · Marxism · revolutionary · historical · commemoration
Typhoon-class
Largest submarine class built
- Soviet NavyUSSR's maritime military
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- ballistic missileSelf-propelled arcing munition
sonar · torpedo · hull · periscope · depth · dive · captain · crew · defection · stealth
Soviet Union
Former communist superstate
nuclear threat · arms race · Iron Curtain · NATO · espionage · intelligence · covert · surveillance · moles · tradecraft
Tom Clancy
- techno-thrillerSuspenseful fiction featuring advanced systems
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- debutFirst public appearance
Jack Ryan · submarine captain · defection · CIA analyst · page-turner · military fiction · espionage novel · plot twist · suspense · climax
Sean Connery
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- ParamountMajor film conglomerate
- 1990Final decade's start
Alec Baldwin · blockbuster · soundtrack · cinematography · casting · Academy Award · sound editing · James Earl Jones · Sam Neill
Bolshevik
Soviet communist party member
calendar · anniversary · communism · uprising · Tsar · Marxism · revolutionary · historical · commemoration
- RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Siberia, St. Basil's Cathedral
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Soviet EraUSSR, Soviet Union, Soviet rule, CCCP, Eastern Bloc
- submarinessub, subs, torpedo, submarines, hull
- BolshevismBolsheviks, Bolshevik, Bolshevism, Bolshevik Party, Bolshevik Revolution
- Communist RevolutionRussian Revolution, proletariat, Bolsheviks, Lenin, Marx
Red OctoberWhite Army
Anti-communist Russian forces
counterrevolution · monarchism · February Revolution · Mensheviks · liberal democracy
Red OctoberUS Navy
America's maritime military branch
red, October, reds, redder, reddest, reddish, redden, redness, octave