Mensheviks

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The Mensheviks were a moderate socialist faction in the Russian Social Democratic movement that advocated gradual reform and broad-based party membership, in contrast to the more radical Bolsheviks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian revolutionary movement
political faction
socialist organization
activeIn Russian Empire
Soviet Russia
linked to: Russian SFSR

Transcaucasia
linked to: South Caucasus
advocated broad-based party membership
gradual reform
mass party model
bannedBy Bolshevik government
country Russian Empire
dateDissolved 1920s
dateFounded 1903
foundedAt Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

London
linked to: London, England
foundedBy Julius Martov
hadStrongSupportIn Georgia
intelligentsia
urban workers
ideology Marxism
democratic socialism
reformist socialism
socialism
language Russian
nameMeaning minority
notableMember Fyodor Dan
Georgi Plekhanov
Irakli Tsereteli
Julius Martov
Noe Ramishvili
Noe Zhordania
Pavel Axelrod
Rafael Abramovich
opposed October Revolution
linked to: Russian Revolution

dictatorship of the proletariat as interpreted by Bolsheviks
vanguard party concept
opposedBy Bolsheviks
oppositeNameMeaning Bolsheviks as majority
originOfName split at the 1903 RSDLP Second Congress
participatedIn All-Russian Congress of Soviets
Petrograd Soviet
partOf Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
politicalPosition centre-left
moderate left
roleIn February Revolution of 1917
linked to: Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution of 1905
separatedFrom Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
splitFrom Bolsheviks
supported Provisional Government of Russia
coalition governments
liberal-democratic reforms
parliamentary methods
usedScript Cyrillic

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Russian Revolution participant Mensheviks
Leon Trotsky faction Mensheviks
Red Terror opposedBy Mensheviks
Felix Dzerzhinsky memberOf Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
linked to: Mensheviks
April Crisis of 1917 participant Menshevik Party
linked to: Mensheviks
History of the Russian Revolution subject Menshevik Party
linked to: Mensheviks
My Life subject Mensheviks
Iskra affiliation Mensheviks
Iskra influenced Menshevik faction of the RSDLP
linked to: Mensheviks
Noe Zhordania memberOf Mensheviks
Noe Zhordania politicalMovement Menshevism
linked to: Mensheviks
Georgian Social Democratic Party partOf Menshevik movement
linked to: Mensheviks
Georgian Social Democratic Party influencedBy Menshevism
linked to: Mensheviks
Irakli Tsereteli memberOf Mensheviks
Irakli Tsereteli ideology Menshevism
linked to: Mensheviks
Julius Martov movement Russian Social Democratic movement
linked to: Mensheviks
Julius Martov memberOf Mensheviks
Nikolai Chkheidze politicalIdeology Menshevism
linked to: Mensheviks
Nikolai Chkheidze memberOf Menshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
linked to: Mensheviks
Nikolai Chkheidze affiliation Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks)
linked to: Mensheviks
April political crisis in Petrograd participant Menshevik Party
linked to: Mensheviks
Pavel Axelrod faction Mensheviks
Rafael Abramovich politicalIdeology Menshevism
linked to: Mensheviks
Rafael Abramovich memberOf Mensheviks
Rafael Abramovich movement Menshevik movement
linked to: Mensheviks
Fyodor Dan movement Menshevism
linked to: Mensheviks
Fyodor Dan memberOf Menshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
linked to: Mensheviks
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party predecessorOf Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks)
linked to: Mensheviks
On the Role of the Individual in History associatedWith Russian Social Democratic movement
linked to: Mensheviks