Bolshevik
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In 1917 the Bund had to choose between the Bolshevik Revolution and the Balfour Declaration, the British proposal for a Jewish “national home” in Palestine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Sadly, very few of the multitudes of American “advisors” in Russia since the Bolshevik demise acquainted themselves with even the most basic facts of the country whose destiny they propose to shape.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2024
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
It marked the Polish defeat of Russian-led Bolshevik forces in 1920.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2023
From the ruins, the Bolshevik Party would become the Communist Party, and Lenin would emerge as the head of a new nation with a new form of government.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Another famine year increased the distress in Russia, but subsequently the Bolsheviki have gradually consolidated their position under Lenin and his successors.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the probability, amounting almost to a certainty, that Germany will soon join the League of Nations, the Bolsheviki decided that, it was again time to warn Berlin of its folly.
From Time Magazine Archive
To forestall the Bolsheviki, he made available for famed oldtime anti-Tsarist martyrs, a million dollars of his personal fortune.
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
By the first days of December, 1917, the Bolsheviki were in full control of army headquarters, at Mogilev.
"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
Around the same time, the German Army agreed to a technology transfer scheme with the Bolsheviks that allowed the army to test new weapons and tactics at secret sites deep inside the Soviet Union.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023
When, in 1917, the Bolsheviks gained control of the Russian government, they installed a Communist form of government.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
