Yes, you are mistaken.
The Bohlsheviks used the rhetoric of the communists to gain power, then they eliminated any competition to their staying in power.
The western media picked up their claim of being communist in order to poison the well.
Here is a report from Russia during the period from a lady who would know her definitions much better than anyone educated after the Nazi's won wwii:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-there-is-no-communism-in-russia
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