bolsheviks

     

The Bolsheviks, originallyBolshevists (Russian: Большевик, Большевист (singular) Russian pronunciation: [bəlʲʂɨˈvʲik], erived from bolshe, "more") were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903 and ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Bolsheviks seized power in Russia during the October Revolution phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and founded the Soviet Union.

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  • It was a party when Lenin & his followers formed this "majority" party in 1903
  • On November 7, 1917 this "majority" political faction toppled the provisional Russian government
  • Lenin led this "majority" revolutionary faction to power in the October Revolution
  • From the Russian for "majority", this Marxist group opposed WWI as an imperialist conflict
  • When the Russian Social Democratic Party split into 2 factions in 1903, Stalin stuck with this one
  • When Russian Marxism split into 2 factions, Lenin led this "majority" group

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