Bolshevik
/ˈbɒlʃəvɪk/noun
उच्चारण बॉल्शविक
बोल्शेविक
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[C]
a member of the group within the Russian socialist party, led by Lenin, that took power in the Russian Revolution of 1917
बोल्शेविक
- The Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd in October 1917.
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[C] old-fashioned, disapproving
a person with very left-wing or revolutionary political views
उग्र वामपंथी, क्रांतिकारी (व्यक्ति)
- His father called him a Bolshevik for supporting the strike.
Synonyms communist radical revolutionary
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connected with the Bolsheviks or their ideas
बोल्शेविक
- the Bolshevik Revolution
- Bolshevik leaders
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⌂Word origin and word building
From the Russian word for 'majority', while their opponents in the party were called Mensheviks, from the word for 'minority'.
यह शब्द Russian भाषा में 'majority' (बहुमत) के शब्द से बना है, जबकि पार्टी में उनके विरोधियों को 'minority' (अल्पमत) के शब्द से Mensheviks कहा गया।
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The Bolshevik or October Revolution of 1917 led to the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922.
1917 की Bolshevik या October Revolution के फलस्वरूप 1922 में Soviet Union बना।