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Noun: Bolshevik  'bówl-shu,vik or 'ból-shu,vik
  1. An emotionally charged term used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
    - Marxist, red, bolshie [Brit, informal], bolshy [Brit, informal]
     
  2. A Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party
    - Bolshevist
Adjective: Bolshevik  'bówl-shu,vik or 'ból-shu,vik
  1. Of or relating to Bolshevism
    "Bolshevik Revolution";
    - Bolshevist, Bolshevistic

Derived forms: Bolsheviks

Type of: commie [informal], commo [informal], communist, rad [informal], radical, red [informal]

Encyclopedia: Bolshevik, Yelansky District, Volgograd Oblast