Bolshevik

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈbɒlʃəvɪk/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈboʊ̯lʃəvɪk/ or /ˈbɑlʃəvɪk/ or /ˈbɔlʃəvɪk/

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Noun

Singular Bolshevik

Plural Bolsheviks

1. (countable) A Bolshevik is a member of the Bolshevik Party, the political party that overthrew the Russian government in 1917.

   The Russian people got rid of their government and Russia had Bolshevik rule for 70 years.

2. Bolshevik is used to describe the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
3. Something that is related to the Bolshevik Party or Bolshevism.