Bolshevism: Word of the day for November 6, 2017

Bolshevism , n :
The strategy used by the Bolsheviks in attempting to gain power in Russia. The Communist totalitarian political ideology adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Marxism-Leninism. The 100th anniversary of the October Revolution (7–8 November 1917; 25–26 October in the Old Style calendar), which led to the rise of the Soviet Union, takes place this year.