A way of calling the supporter of Bolshevism, the Russian communist of the early 20th century and especially the Leninist. The name is taken from the Russian 1073; 1086; 1083; 1100; 1096; 1077; 1074; 1080; 1082; (Bolshevik "of the majority [of the party]") , differentiated from the Menshevik party.