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In Russian, the term 'Bolshevik' means 'majority men', who were in favour of a Communist Revolution lead by the Proletariat. There were also the Mensheviks, or 'minority men', who wanted a Socialist Revolution led by the Middle Classes- in effect, replacing one set of bosses with another set of bosses, who would have governed the country on the basis of inequality of education and academic elitism as oppose to inequality of wealth. Those in favour of a Proletarian revolution were in the majority, hence the term 'Bolshevik'.
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What were people who supported communism called?
In various times, places and contexts such supporters were known as Marxists, Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, Social Democrats and Communists and other names. This does not include the derogatory names.
What other name where the Bolsheviks known as?
its actually the communist party
When did the ballet company 'Bolsheviks' last perform in Russia?
Bolsheviks is a very famous ballet company that was founded in the year 1953 and has preformed all over Russia and in many other countries around the world. The most recent Russian city that they preformed in is Saint Petersburg.
What was the new name of the Russian socialist revolutionaries in 1922?
By 1922, the Russian socialist revolutionaries who had taken over Russia were known as "Communists." They had been the "Bolsheviks" until they held their Seventh Party Congress in March 1918 and adopted the name Communists. There had been other revolutionary parties, (one was the "Social Revolutionaries") besides the Bolsheviks, but the Bolsheviks were the only ones that survived until 1922.
What was the result of Russia's Civil War?
The counterrevolutionary "White Armies" were one after the other defeated. The Bolsheviks won the Civil War and Russia became the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.
What countries followed the Mensheviks?
The Mensheviks were the other communist party in Russia who were more closely associated with the believes of Marx and felt that communism should come to Russia naturally, unlike the Bolsheviks who believed a revolution should be instigated by a small group on behalf of the proletariat. The Bolsheviks would eventually seize control of Russia under Lenin.
What did Bolsheviks want?
The Bolsheviks, who were students of Marx, believed that the Russian power structure should be overthrown and power should be given to the architects of the revolution (i.e. themselves). The other half of the revolutionary faction, the Mensheviks favored interaction from the workers and farmers. After Russia's humiliation in World War I, food and work shortages, and the promise of the redistribution of land, the Bolsheviks were able to gain the support of the people.
What happened in 1917 in Russia?
The Bolsheviks won a majority in a number of key soviets including Petrograd, Moscow, and several other cities.
Who brought communism to Russia in 1917?
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party brought "communism" to Russia in 1917 through the October Revolution. It should be noted that true communism was never instituted in Russia (or in any other country for that matter). The revolution brought a socialist state to Russia. The theory was that socialism would eventually evolve into communism generations later. It never did.
What forced Russia out of World War 1?
they other war people had forced Russia out of the war for good that is what they thought but the came back with a donkey but.
How did civil war between the Red and White armies help the Bolsheviks gain and hold political control in Russia?
The Civil War was fought between the communist Red Army and the tsarist White Army. The Bolsheviks were already in power when the war began. The defeat of the tsarists secured the Bolshevik's reign because it put down the other main political view in Russia.
Why was there a civil war in Russia after 1917 and who was involved?
After the Russian Revolution ousted the Czar, the various factions began to fight among each other. The Bolsheviks (Communists), also known as the Reds, made a play for power opposed by the Whites, Mensheviks (royalists, democrats, republicans, and reactionaries).
