# bolshevik (Russian). Literally, "a member of the majority." Actually, a Russian revolutionary communist. The term acquired this meaning in 1903 when the Russian Social Democratic Party split into the "Bolshevik" and "Menshevik" (q.v.) faction[[Socialism - Mises (S)]] In the Russian Revolution of November 1917, the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Nikolai Lenin (1870-1924), overturned the Provisional Government established earlier that year and founded the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic[[Socialism - Mises (S)]] [[Anti-Capitalistic Mentality (AC.)]] 109; [[Omnipotent Government - Mises (OG)]] 51, 176-79; [[Planning for Freedom - Mises (PF)]] 77-78; [[Socialism - Mises (S)]] 547-49, 553, 557, 561, 563, 567, 570-71. --- # Links