Definition of bolshevik Bolshevik

/bowˈlʃʌvɪˌk/ - [bowlshuvik] - bol•she•vik

We found 6 definitions of bolshevik from 4 different sources.

What does bolshevik mean?

WordNet

Noun
bolshevik - a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party
		Bolshevist
		commie, communist a socialist who advocates communism
bolshevik - emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
		Marxist, red, bolshie, bolshy
		radical a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
Adjective
bolshevik - of or relating to Bolshevism; "Bolshevik Revolution"
		Bolshevist, Bolshevistic

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Wiktionary

bolshevik (Noun)
A Russian communist revolutionary, member of the Bolshevik Party in the 1917 Communist Revolution of Russia.

Wikipedia

A Bolshevik was a Russian Communist.

The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was a Marxist political party. In 1903 at the Party Congress members disagreed with each other on a seemingly minor issue of organization. The Party ended up dividing into two groups, the Bolsheviks was one group. They were called Bolsheviks because it means "those who are more." Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik group. The other group in the split were known as the Mensheviks - meaning "The Minority" lead by figures such as Martov. Though the Bolsheviks were called "those who are more", before 1917 there were more Mensheviks most of the time. Many socialists were afraid that Lenin liked to control things too much.

In 1905 the Bolshevik group became a separate political party, the RSDLP (B) the 'B' in brackets standing for 'Bolsheviki'.

After the February Revolution, some of the Mensheviks had taken positions in the Provisional Government. Lenin said socialists must oppose the Provisional Government. Soon the government started to make mistakes and people began to think Lenin was right. Because of this many Mensheviks joined Bolsheviks.

The Bolsheviks led the October Revolution in Russia in 1917. They said they created the world's first Workers State. Soon, however, the government started to control what people could say. The Mensheviks opposed the government led by the Bolsheviks. Many ended up in prison. After that they opposed the Bolsheviks from outside Russia, in exile.

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