its actually the communist party
The Bolsheviks were also known as "Communists" but not until the Seventh Party Congress of the Bolshevik Party in March 1918, when the party officially changed its name from Bolshevik to Communist.
Bolsheviks are another name for Communists. Actually Bolsheviks was their name prior to March 1918 when they changed it to 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.
The Bolsheviks are now called Communists, if they are still in business. The Bolsheviks changed their name to Communists in March 1918.
The Communists was the Bolsheviks new name after seizing power in 1917. In March 1918 the officially changed the name.
The Bolsheviks were also known as "Communists" but not until the Seventh Party Congress of the Bolshevik Party in March 1918, when the party officially changed its name from Bolshevik to Communist.
Bolsheviks are another name for Communists. Actually Bolsheviks was their name prior to March 1918 when they changed it to Communists.
The name of the followers of Lenin was "Bolsheviks" to be distinguished from the opposing group known as the "Mensheviks." Both groups were factions of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Party, but the Bolsheviks wanted more radical changes than the Mensheviks. After the Revolution, the Bolsheviks changed their name to the Communist Party.
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.
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.
The Bolsheviks are now called Communists, if they are still in business. The Bolsheviks changed their name to Communists in March 1918.
The Communists was the Bolsheviks new name after seizing power in 1917. In March 1918 the officially changed the name.
During the Russian Revolutions of 1917, they were known as the Bolsheviks.
"Bolsheviks" was the original name of the Communists.
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The new name 'Communists' was adopted by Bolsheviks at their Seventh Party Congress in March 1918.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", as well as all other political parties, were abolished by the Communists.The new name taken was "Communists." Prior to March 1918, they were known as Bolsheviks.