The Russian socialist revolutionaries under Lenin were known as Bolsheviks until March 1918 when they adopted the name Communists at their Seventh Party Congress.
Note: The 'Bolsheviks' as a faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party are not to be confused with another socialist party named 'Socialist Revolutionaries.' This question specifically uses the term "socialist revolutionaries," but it obviously does not mean the political party that was then known as the "Socialist Revolutionaries," because the "Socialist Revolutionaries" were abolished by the Communists.
The Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin were the Russian revolutionaries that took control of the government in 1917. In March 1918, they changed their name to Communists.The Bolsheviks, later calling themselves Communists, were the Russian revolutionaries who took control of Russia in 1917.
There are three possible answers to this question because there were (at least) three political parties that could be deemed "socialist revolutionaries. First is the Bolshevik Party. Vladimir Lenin was the chief leader. Second is the Menshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. Julius Martov was the chief leader of that party. Third is the Party of the Socialist Revolutionaries. Victor Chernov was the chief leader of that party. Most likely this question refers to the Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin, since it is the political party which overthrew the Russian Provisional Government (not the Tsar) in the October Revolution and later became the Communist Party.
The Revolutionaries were known as Bolsheviks under the leadership of Lenin. In March 1918 they changed their name to Communists.
The Balsheviks were Marxist revolutionaries in Russia led by Vladimir Lenin.
Vladimir Lenin in 1922
Lenin
Lenin
The Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin were the Russian revolutionaries that took control of the government in 1917. In March 1918, they changed their name to Communists.The Bolsheviks, later calling themselves Communists, were the Russian revolutionaries who took control of Russia in 1917.
There are three possible answers to this question because there were (at least) three political parties that could be deemed "socialist revolutionaries. First is the Bolshevik Party. Vladimir Lenin was the chief leader. Second is the Menshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. Julius Martov was the chief leader of that party. Third is the Party of the Socialist Revolutionaries. Victor Chernov was the chief leader of that party. Most likely this question refers to the Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin, since it is the political party which overthrew the Russian Provisional Government (not the Tsar) in the October Revolution and later became the Communist Party.
The Revolutionaries were known as Bolsheviks under the leadership of Lenin. In March 1918 they changed their name to Communists.
The Balsheviks were Marxist revolutionaries in Russia led by Vladimir Lenin.
Lenin first lead Russia until its name was changed to the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. Later it became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the USSR, the former Soviet Union.
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.
Vladimir Lenin
Lenin controlled Russia, which soon after changed its name to the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which in 1922 became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR after it annexed the independent republics of the Ukraine, Georgia and Transcaucasia.
Vladimir Lenin in 1922
Vladimir Lenin dissolved the Russian Empire and replaced it with the Soviet Union, a one-party socialist state where all land, natural resources, and industry were confiscated and made part of the government.