Bolshevik
noun
Bol·she·vik
ˈbōl-shə-ˌvik 
ˈbȯl-,
ˈbäl-,
-ˌvēk
plural Bolsheviks also Bolsheviki
ˌbōl-shə-ˈvi-kē
ˌbȯl-,
ˌbäl-,
-ˈvē-kē
1
: a member of the extremist wing of the Russian Social Democratic party that seized power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917
Bolshevik
adjective
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National Bolshevik demonstrators had once occupied the tower as Dugin cheered them on in the pages of Limonka.
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James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
But in light of recent political developments in the United States, this period piece about a Russian nobleman who survived the Bolshevik Revolution and weathered the Stalin regime in the comfort of Moscow’s finest internation hotel merits a closer look.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
In the Paramount+ series, McGregor plays Russian aristocrat Alexander Rostov, who avoids being put to death as he is placed on house arrest during the Bolshevik Revolution.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Earlier in the Russian Revolution, the Communist Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, had been called the Bolshevik Party.
—Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
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James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
But in light of recent political developments in the United States, this period piece about a Russian nobleman who survived the Bolshevik Revolution and weathered the Stalin regime in the comfort of Moscow’s finest internation hotel merits a closer look.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
In the Paramount+ series, McGregor plays Russian aristocrat Alexander Rostov, who avoids being put to death as he is placed on house arrest during the Bolshevik Revolution.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Earlier in the Russian Revolution, the Communist Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, had been called the Bolshevik Party.
—Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Bolshevik
noun
Bol·she·vik
ˈbōl-shə-ˌvik
ˈbȯl-
ˈbȯl-
ˈbäl-,
-ˌvēk
plural Bolsheviks or Bolsheviki
ˌbōl-shə-ˈvik-ē
ˌbȯl-,
ˌbäl-,
-ˈvē-kē
1
: a member of the communist party that seized power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917
Bolshevik
adjective
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