The Bolsheviks
| The Bolsheviks | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members | Nikolai Volkoff Boris Zhukov Slick (manager) |
| Name | The Bolsheviks |
| Billed heights | Volkoff: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Zhukov: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Combined billed weight | 606 lb (275 kg) |
| Billed from | The Soviet Union |
| Debut | 1987 |
| Disbanded | 1990 |
| Years active | 1987–1990 |
The Bolsheviks were a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from late 1987 until the spring of 1990. The team was composed of Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov portraying a pair of Soviet-themed bad guys. Volkoff was born Josip Peruzovic on October 14, 1947. Although he portrayed a Russian as a wrestler, he was, in fact, from Croatia. Zhukov was an American named Jim Harrel, who had spent the previous few years of his wrestling career portraying a Russian.