Bolshevik
noun
Bol·she·vik
ˈbōl-shə-ˌvik 
ˈbȯl-,
ˈbäl-,
-ˌvēk
plural Bolsheviks also Bolsheviki
ˌbōl-shə-ˈvi-kē
ˌbȯl-,
ˌbäl-,
-ˈvē-kē
1
: a member of the extremist wing of the Russian Social Democratic party that seized power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917
Bolshevik
adjective
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The limited series take on Amor Towles’ 2016 novel tiptoes along an allegorical line, without toppling over into either outright whimsy or voyeuristic gawking at the flawed idealism and generational traumas of the Bolshevik Revolution.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
Ewan McGregor initially seems like an odd casting choice to play Count Alexander Rostov — a 1920s aristocrat whose mouthy ways lead to his getting forever confined by a Bolshevik court panel to the ritzy Metropol hotel.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Throughout the Russian Civil War, from 1917 to 1922, Bolshevik leaders were obsessed with the acquisition and distribution of grain.
—Zach Helder, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2024
The series stars Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov, a Russian aristocrat who is placed under house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
For working-class young men like Platonov, the Bolshevik Revolution opened up huge vistas of opportunity, not merely for self-betterment but for the creation of a new society.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Paramount and the Bolshevik parted ways before his contract was up.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
The Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky’s talent as a military organizer gradually turned the ragtag collection of volunteer Red militias into a regular conscript army, and by the fall of 1920, the Whites were thoroughly defeated and dislodged from most Russian territory.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
But Putin's views on Lenin, the Bolshevik leader and founding father of Soviet Russia, are complicated and contradictory.
—Elliott Goat, The Week Uk, theweek, 18 Jan. 2024
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
Ewan McGregor initially seems like an odd casting choice to play Count Alexander Rostov — a 1920s aristocrat whose mouthy ways lead to his getting forever confined by a Bolshevik court panel to the ritzy Metropol hotel.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Throughout the Russian Civil War, from 1917 to 1922, Bolshevik leaders were obsessed with the acquisition and distribution of grain.
—Zach Helder, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2024
The series stars Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov, a Russian aristocrat who is placed under house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
For working-class young men like Platonov, the Bolshevik Revolution opened up huge vistas of opportunity, not merely for self-betterment but for the creation of a new society.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Paramount and the Bolshevik parted ways before his contract was up.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
The Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky’s talent as a military organizer gradually turned the ragtag collection of volunteer Red militias into a regular conscript army, and by the fall of 1920, the Whites were thoroughly defeated and dislodged from most Russian territory.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
But Putin's views on Lenin, the Bolshevik leader and founding father of Soviet Russia, are complicated and contradictory.
—Elliott Goat, The Week Uk, theweek, 18 Jan. 2024
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Bolshevik
noun
Bol·she·vik
ˈbōl-shə-ˌvik
ˈbȯl-
ˈbȯl-
ˈbäl-,
-ˌvēk
plural Bolsheviks or Bolsheviki
ˌbōl-shə-ˈvik-ē
ˌbȯl-,
ˌbäl-,
-ˈvē-kē
1
: a member of the communist party that seized power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917
Bolshevik
adjective
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