English > Bolshevik: 3 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party. |
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| Synonym | Bolshevist |
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| Instances | Bukharin, Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin | Bolshevik leader in Russia who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms |
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| Lenin, Vladimir Lenin, Nikolai Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov | Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian ... / Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924) |
| Trotsky, Leon Trotsky, Lev Davidovich Bronstein | Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army |
| Broader | communist, commie | A socialist who advocates communism / communism |
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| Spanish | bolchevique, comunista, marxista, rojo |
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| Catalan | bolxevic, marxista, roig |
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| Verbs | bolshevize, bolshevise | make Communist or bring in accord / accord with Communist principles |
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