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The word Bolshevik means in Russian "majority", they formed as a group at the 1903 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party conference in London. They were the radical Marxists while the Mensheviks, "minority", were the moderates. The Bolsheviks were lead by Lenin and grew to a considerable size in 1917. In October, November by our calendar, of 1917 they overthrew the Menshevik government which came to power in the Febuary Revolution and was in the eyes of the majority of Russian workers not much better than the Tsar. After the Russian Civil War, the Bolsheviks (now the Communist Party) started to see the party become a bureacratic nightmare, Lenin tried to reverse this but he died with most of the leaders of the party ignoring his calls for radical reform.
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Who was the founder of the Bolshevik Party?
Vladimir I. Lenin founded the Bolshevik Party in 1903.
What does Bolshevik mean?
The actual word is derived from the Russian word 'bolshe', which means more. Originally, the Bolsheviki (or Bolsheviks in English) were a radical faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP), a Marxist political party. The less radical faction of the RSDLP was called Mensheviki, derived from the word 'menshe', less. The Bolsheviks, of course, became the Russian Communist Party (the soviet union). The word "soviet" means "council" in Russian.
What was the name of the first marxist party in russia?
The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) was the first Marxist party in Russia. In 1903, the party split into two factions, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. The Bolsheviks eventually split off completely from the RSDLP and formed their own party. The Bolshevik Party eventually became the Communist Party in 1918.
This group masterminded the revolution in November 1917?
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party masterminded the revolution in November 1917. It is called the October Revolution, though, because it happened on October 25-26, 1917 according to the Julian calendar then in use in Russia. According to the Gregorian calendar then in use in western nations, it was November, because the Julian calendar was 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar.
What did Lenin do to prepare for the Bolshevik revolution in November 1917.?
He attended a meeting of Bolshevik leaders in Petrograd.
