| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| LENIN | Russian Communist leader |
| LENINITE | Early Russian Communist |
| CZAR | Pre-Communist Russian ruler |
| politburo | (Russian) the policy-making committee in communist states |
| nomenklatura | (Russian) officeholders and managers in a communist regime |
| nomenklaturas | NOMENKLATURA, (Russian) officeholders and managers in a communist regime |
| politburos | POLITBURO, (Russian) the policy-making committee in communist states |
| bolshevik | A member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917 |
