Bolshevik
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It ends 80 years later when his grandson Emanuel, the head of the family business, flees the new Bolshevik regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
In the years after Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, many Russian Jews supported and participated in the country that became known as the Soviet Union.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
They married on 25 October 1980, which was, Su was fond of pointing out, the anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution.
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
The parade was held in Poland’s capital, which was vastly destroyed during World War II, on the anniversary of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, in which Polish troops defeated Bolshevik forces advancing on Europe.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Around her, the Red Army of Lenin’s Bolshevik Party was fighting to crush opposition groups that sprang up after the fall of the Russian Empire.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
It was thought extremely unlikely that he could prove that Clemenceau actually did refuse military aid to the Bolsheviki, although Sadoul averred that documentary evidence existed.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the U. S. S. R. nationalized the Baku oil fields he began to fulminate against the Bolsheviki and later, they charged, to plot.
From Time Magazine Archive
But still, the reception and dinner would be a simple affair, for the Bolsheviki are noted for their Spartan simplicity.
From Time Magazine Archive
He at first refused the German terms, but the continued advance of German troops into the heart of Russia eventually forced the Bolsheviki to sign far worse terms of peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
The propaganda of the Bolsheviki had created this situation, it was said, but propaganda can only crystallize a sentiment: it can never create it.
In June 1918 the Bolsheviks nationalized the oil industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
"In history last year we did the Bolsheviks and Nazi Germany, and then you can sort of forget about that and then focus in on what we're doing this year," Ailbhe said.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Leadership values change, but being placed under permanent house arrest by the Bolsheviks at the luxury Hotel Metropol in “A Gentleman in Moscow” doesn’t stop Alexander from dressing the aristocratic part.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
The gold was confiscated after the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia in 1917.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
This “feverish condition” was ignited in 1917 when a well-organized and militant political party known as the Bolsheviks staged a successful revolution in Russia and took over the government.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
