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Bolshevism

[bohl-shuh-viz-uhm, bol-] / ˈboʊl ʃəˌvɪz əm, ˈbɒl- /




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Jochen Hellbeck is under no doubt that Bolshevism was Hitler’s primary concern and the Soviet Union his principal nemesis.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

What critics of Bolshevism on Trial don’t realize is that the film’s timeless story still resonates deeply with the American public.

From Slate Feb. 23, 2020

Xenophobia was further exacerbated by the Russian Revolution and the manufactured threat of Bolshevism, or the “Red Menace.”

From The New Yorker Feb. 4, 2017

Just as many of the Nazis they were dealing with saw the Cold War as part two of their own epic crusade against Bolshevism.

From Salon Oct. 15, 2015

"Bolshevism" is, in effect, the Russian form of "impossibilism."

From Bolshevism: A Curse & Danger to the Workers by H. W. (Henry William) Lee




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