After the Bolsheviks gained control of Russia, they changed their name to the All-Russian Communist Party, although the name Bolshevik was still used to refer to the party. They wanted to differentiate themselves from other socialist groups, so they used the term communist to set them apart.
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In March 1918 at their Seventh Party Congress, the Bolsheviks changed their name to the Communist Party and called themselves Communists from then on.
becuase Tsar Nicholas grew bored of the duma and issued the funemintal laws giving him outright control over the duma.