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The Bolsheviks were members of which party?
The Bolsheviks were a faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. The opposing faction was called the Mensheviks.
What group did Vladimir Lenin represent?
Lenin represented the Bolsheviks. After they succeeded in the Revolution, they changed their name to Communists.
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks and now his body is on display in moscow?
Vladimir Lenin
Were the Bolsheviks later referred to as Communists?
Yes, they were known as Bolsheviks but after they came into power and abolished all other political parties and factions, the changed their name to the Communist Party in March 1918. Their reasoning was that while before the revolution there were several Marxist political parties, now that all of them had been eliminated, the Bolsheviks were the only Marxist party in existence. Thus it had the sole right to call itself the Communist Party.
What were the communist in Russia first called?
They were originally called Bolsheviks (Russian for "One of the Majority.") The were originated in 1903, and gradually became the dominant political party. Organized and led by Lenin, they seize full control of the government in 1917. They became the Russian Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) in March 1918, then the All-Union Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) in December 1925; and finally the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in October 1952.
