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# bolshevik

«bolshevik» in Mova's school dictionary: **A member of the group of Russian communists, led by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a Bolshevik, Bolsheviks); adjective (Bolshevik)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (history) A member of the group of Russian communists, led by Lenin, who took power in Russia in a revolution and later created the Soviet Union. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolshevik/#m1)

2) (adjective) To do with the Bolsheviks: «the Bolshevik Revolution». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolshevik/#m2)

3) (old slang, UK) «Bolshie» or «bolshy» means stubborn and rebellious, from this word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolshevik/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons about the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks overthrew the government, killed the royal family and set up a one-party state; a civil war and much suffering followed, including in Ukraine. The name comes from Russian «bolshinstvo», majority. Written with a capital B.

### examples

- The Bolsheviks were led by Lenin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolshevik/#x1)
- The Bolshevik Revolution changed Russia forever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolshevik/#x2)
- The Bolsheviks took control of the government in Petrograd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolshevik/#x3)
- Many people suffered under Bolshevik rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolshevik/#x4)
- Our history book has a poster from the Bolshevik era. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolshevik/#x5)
- Stop being so bolshie and do your chores! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolshevik/#x6)

### note

Capital B. Plural: Bolsheviks. Their rivals were the Mensheviks. «Bolshie» (UK, informal) is a separate word meaning difficult or stubborn.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bolshevik» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolshevik/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.