Bolshevik

Definition of Bolshevik

Nouns

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
Synonyms:
Marxist, bolshie, bolshy, red
Type of:
radical
a person who has radical ideas or opinions
a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party
Synonyms:
Bolshevist
Examples:
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin
Bolshevik leader in Russia who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms; was executed in a purge by Stalin (1888-1938)
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)
Lev Davidovich Bronstein
Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
Type of:
commie, communist
a socialist who advocates communism

Adjectives

of or relating to Bolshevism
"Bolshevik Revolution"
Synonyms:
Bolshevist, Bolshevistic

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