Bolshevik

== English == === Alternative forms === bolshevik === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), from большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó, “majority”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒlʃəvɪk/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊlʃəvɪk/, /ˈbɑl-/, /ˈbol-/, /ˈbɔl-/ Rhymes: -ɒlʃəvɪk, -əʊlʃəvɪk === Noun === Bolshevik (plural Bolsheviks or (literary) Bolsheviki) (historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917. (historical) A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Menshevik