: opposed to or hostile toward Bolsheviks
… the anti-Bolshevik military campaign in the Baltic countries …—
James S. Corum
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anti-Bolshevik
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At various times in his life, Churchill was … a ferocious anti-Bolshevik and an ally of Stalin's.
—Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
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Carried out in the 1920s, Trest operatives established fictitious underground political cells in Europe in the 1920s to infiltrate anti-Bolshevik groups and lure their members back to the Soviet Union, where they were executed.
—Bob Seely, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2023
With word of a faux anti-Bolshevik conspiracy within Russia, the Soviets forged links with real anti-Bolsheviks abroad, persuading them that encouraging developments in Russia would dampen the need for outside intervention.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020
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Bob Seely, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2023
With word of a faux anti-Bolshevik conspiracy within Russia, the Soviets forged links with real anti-Bolsheviks abroad, persuading them that encouraging developments in Russia would dampen the need for outside intervention.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020
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“Anti-Bolshevik.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Bolshevik. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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