B -threads glossary

BOLSHEVIK :

Source- 1921 Edition of The Dictionary of the English Language.

a member of the Bolsheviki [or Bolsheviks] - "the more", or Maximalists (extremists), the Russian proletarian party made up of Social Democratic and Social Revolutionary factions, which overthrew the provisional government, November 1917 and surrendered to Germany March 14, 1918.  Opposed to the Mensheviki, or "The Fewer" or Minimalists (moderates).  Bolshevism - akin to nihilism: a Russian movement embracing, in its varied history, elements of communism, anarchism, terrorism, socialism and pacifism.  

Source- 2025 online reference/archive  Marxist Internet Archive

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), the founder of Bolshevism 1870-1924.  During the years between 1887 to 1895 he was a leader in the movement for emancipation of the working class, which prepared the way for the founding of a revolutionary Marxist workers' party and Bolshevism.   

article May 1934 -Farming Under the Bolsheviks

   

BOMB 

Atomic Bomb

The fission bomb is known as the atomic bomb, since the process splits the nucleus of the atom.  See fission

An atomic bomb implodes, blasts inward, and brings together quantities of uranium and plutonium in such a way to create a critical mass.  This is the required weight of fissionable material that will sustain a chain reaction.  This causes the nucleus of the uranium or plutonium to be bombarded with neutrons which will cause the nuclei to split resulting in the formation of lighter elements, the release of more neutrons, and another violent  release of energy... a chain reaction.

Dirty/Clean bomb- see neutron bomb below

Hydrogen Bomb- was first tested on November 1st 1952.  In this fusion, or thermonuclear bomb, an explosion is created by the fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes, deuterium and tritium.  Hydrogen bombs are far more powerful than atomic bombs.  It is heat that initiates the release of nuclear energy.

Neutron Bomb is actually a small hydrogen bomb, in which a nuclear-fission reaction triggers a nuclear-fusion reaction.  The result is not a great ball of fire and radioactive cloud as a hydrogen bomb is, but is a  blast which will develop into a burst of neutrons which will destroy living things  but not buildings.  This feature difference is what gave rise to the term 'clean' as opposed to 'dirty' bombs.

article- Things That Bombed