"bolshevik" | Definition and Related Words

Adjective

Of or relating to Bolshevism (synset 302886803)
"Bolshevik Revolution"

same as: bolshevist, bolshevistic

Noun

Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries (synset 109883155)
is a type of: radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions

same as: bolshie, bolshy, marxist, red
A Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party (synset 109883342)
is a type of: commie, communist - a socialist who advocates communism
specific instances:
- bukharin, nikolai ivanovich bukharin - Bolshevik leader in Russia who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms; was executed in a purge by Stalin (1888-1938)
- lenin, nikolai lenin, vladimir ilich lenin, vladimir ilich ulyanov, vladimir ilyich lenin, vladimir ilyich ulyanov, vladimir lenin - Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)
- leon trotsky, lev davidovich bronstein, trotsky - 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)
same as: bolshevist