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-{{Template}}A Russian [[communist]] revolutionary, member of the Bolshevik Party in the 1917 Communist Revolution of Russia.+{{Template}}
 +A Russian [[communist]] revolutionary, member of the Bolshevik Party in the 1917 Communist Revolution of Russia.
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 +==Derogatory usage of "Bolshevik"==
 +"Bolo" was used as derogatory expression for Bolsheviks used by [[British Empire|British]] service personnel in the [[North Russian Expeditionary Force]] which intervened against the [[Red Army]] during the [[Russian Civil War]]. [[Adolf Hitler]], Joseph Goebbels and other Nazi leaders used it in reference to the worldwide political movement coordinated by the [[Comintern]]. During the days of the [[Cold War]] in the [[United Kingdom]], labour union leaders and other leftists were sometimes derisively described as "Bolshies". The usage is roughly equivalent to the term "[[Commie]]", "[[Communist|Red]]" or "[[pinko]]" in the [[United States]] during the same period. The term "Bolshie" later became a slang term for anyone who was rebellious, aggressive or truculent.
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 +==See also==
 +*[[Democratic centralism]]
 +*[[Left-wing uprisings against the Bolsheviks]]
 +*[[Leninism]]
 +*[[October Revolution]]
 +*[[Old Bolshevik]]
 +*[[Soviet Revolutionary Communists (Bolsheviks)]]
 +*[[Vladimir Lenin]]
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 +===Related terms===
 +*[[Marxism-Leninism]]
 +*[[Trotskyism]]
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 +===Non-Russian/Soviet groups having used the name "Bolshevik"===
 +*[[Bangladesh]]: [[Maoist Bolshevik Reorganisation Movement of the Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party]]
 +*[[India]]: [[Bolshevik Party of India]]
 +*[[India]]/[[Sri Lanka]]: [[Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma]]
 +*[[India]]: [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)]]
 +*[[Mexico]]: [[Bolshevik Communist Party]]
 +*[[Senegal]]: [[Bolshevik Nuclei]]
 +*[[Sri Lanka]]: [[Bolshevik Samasamaja Party]]
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A Russian communist revolutionary, member of the Bolshevik Party in the 1917 Communist Revolution of Russia.


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Derogatory usage of "Bolshevik"

"Bolo" was used as derogatory expression for Bolsheviks used by British service personnel in the North Russian Expeditionary Force which intervened against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels and other Nazi leaders used it in reference to the worldwide political movement coordinated by the Comintern. During the days of the Cold War in the United Kingdom, labour union leaders and other leftists were sometimes derisively described as "Bolshies". The usage is roughly equivalent to the term "Commie", "Red" or "pinko" in the United States during the same period. The term "Bolshie" later became a slang term for anyone who was rebellious, aggressive or truculent.

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Non-Russian/Soviet groups having used the name "Bolshevik"




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