Mensheviks

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Russian revolutionary movement political faction socialist organization

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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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Mensheviks canonical 21
Menshevism 6
Menshevik Party 3

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian revolutionary movement ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
socialist organization ⓘ
activeIn Russian Empire ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Russia

South Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Transcaucasia
advocated broad-based party membership ⓘ
gradual reform ⓘ
mass party model ⓘ
bannedBy Council of People's Commissars ⓘ
surface form: Bolshevik government
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dateDissolved 1920s ⓘ
dateFounded 1903 ⓘ
foundedAt Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
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 Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: October Revolution

dictatorship of the proletariat as interpreted by Bolsheviks ⓘ
vanguard party concept ⓘ
opposedBy Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Bolsheviks
oppositeNameMeaning Bolsheviks as majority ⓘ
originOfName split at the 1903 RSDLP Second Congress ⓘ
participatedIn Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: All-Russian Congress of Soviets

Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
partOf Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
politicalPosition centre-left ⓘ
moderate left ⓘ
roleIn Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: February Revolution of 1917

1905 Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1905
separatedFrom Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
splitFrom Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Bolsheviks
supported Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
surface form: Provisional Government of Russia

coalition governments ⓘ
liberal-democratic reforms ⓘ
parliamentary methods ⓘ
usedScript Cyrillic ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russian Provisional Government → includedParty → Mensheviks ⓘ
Russian Revolution → participant → Mensheviks ⓘ
Leon Trotsky → faction → Mensheviks ⓘ
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) → separatedFrom → Mensheviks ⓘ
Red Terror → opposedBy → Mensheviks ⓘ
Felix Dzerzhinsky → memberOf → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
Petrograd Soviet → politicalAlignment → Mensheviks ⓘ
April Crisis of 1917 → participant → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevik Party
History of the Russian Revolution → subject → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevik Party
My Life → subject → Mensheviks ⓘ
Iskra → affiliation → Mensheviks ⓘ
Iskra → influenced → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevik faction of the RSDLP
Noe Ramishvili → memberOfPoliticalParty → Mensheviks ⓘ
Noe Zhordania → memberOf → Mensheviks ⓘ
Noe Zhordania → politicalMovement → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevism
Georgian Social Democratic Party → partOf → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevik movement
Georgian Social Democratic Party → influencedBy → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevism
Irakli Tsereteli → memberOf → Mensheviks ⓘ
Irakli Tsereteli → ideology → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevism
Julius Martov → movement → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Social Democratic movement
Julius Martov → memberOf → Mensheviks ⓘ
Nikolai Chkheidze → politicalIdeology → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevism
Nikolai Chkheidze → memberOf → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
Nikolai Chkheidze → affiliation → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks)
April political crisis in Petrograd → participant → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevik Party
Pavel Axelrod → faction → Mensheviks ⓘ
Rafael Abramovich → politicalIdeology → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevism
Rafael Abramovich → memberOf → Mensheviks ⓘ
Rafael Abramovich → movement → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevik movement
Lenin’s April Theses → opposedPoliticalMovement → Mensheviks ⓘ
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets → hasParticipant → Mensheviks ⓘ
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets → boycottedBy → Mensheviks ⓘ
Russian revolutionary movement → hasPart → Mensheviks ⓘ
Fyodor Dan → movement → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevism
Fyodor Dan → memberOf → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back → criticizes → Mensheviks ⓘ
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party → splitInto → Mensheviks ⓘ
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party → predecessorOf → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks)
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party → hadWing → Mensheviks ⓘ
On the Role of the Individual in History → associatedWith → Mensheviks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Social Democratic movement