anti-Bolshevik

adjective

an·​ti-Bol·​she·​vik

ˌan-tē-ˈbōl-shə-ˌvik,

-ˈbȯl-,

-ˈbäl-,

-ˌvēk,

ˌan-ˌtī- 

: opposed to or hostile toward Bolsheviks

… the anti-Bolshevik military campaign in the Baltic countries …

—James S. Corum

anti-Bolshevik noun

At various times in his life, Churchill was … a ferocious anti-Bolshevik and an ally of Stalin's.

—Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Examples of anti-Bolshevik in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Carried out in the 1920s, Trest operatives established fictitious underground political cells in Europe in the 1920s to infiltrate anti-Bolshevik groups and lure their members back to the Soviet Union, where they were executed. —Bob Seely, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2023

With word of a faux anti-Bolshevik conspiracy within Russia, the Soviets forged links with real anti-Bolsheviks abroad, persuading them that encouraging developments in Russia would dampen the need for outside intervention. —Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above