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.

Aliases (2)

Menshevik Party ×2
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian revolutionary movement → political faction → socialist organization →
activeIn	Russian Empire → Soviet Russia → Transcaucasia →
advocated	broad-based party membership → gradual reform → mass party model →
bannedBy	Bolshevik government →
country	Russian Empire →
dateDissolved	1920s →
dateFounded	1903 →
foundedAt	Brussels → 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	October 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 → 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 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
April Crisis of 1917 ("Menshevik Party") → Russian Revolution →	participant
History of the Russian Revolution ("Menshevik Party") → My Life →	subject
Leon Trotsky →	faction
Russian Provisional Government →	includedParty
Felix Dzerzhinsky ("Russian Social Democratic Labour Party") →	memberOf
Red Terror →	opposedBy
Petrograd Soviet →	politicalAlignment
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) →	separatedFrom