Bolshevik

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But it gained its notoriety after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, when it became a top detention facility for the Soviet secret police.

From Seattle Times

If it happens it would represent its first international default since the Bolshevik revolution over a century ago.

From Reuters

It would be its first major such default since the years following the 1917 Bolshevik revolution.

From Reuters

If Russia did fail to make payments on its debt it raises the possibility of the first major default on the country's sovereign bonds since the wake of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution.

From BBC

Some Russian Orthodox priests suffered persecution under communist rule for refusing commemorate a patriarch they deemed too compromising with the Bolshevik government.

From Seattle Times