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.
Bolsheviks
Bolsheviks were the first members of the communist revolutionary party in Russia
Non-communist Russia was called Russia. When Russia was under communism, it was called the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics or the USSR.
Vladimir Lenin was the first communist dictator of Russia after the 1917 revolution.
Mensheviks
Yes. It is called the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. It is the second largest party in Russia.
Bolsheviks were the first members of the communist revolutionary party in Russia
Non-communist Russia was called Russia. When Russia was under communism, it was called the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics or the USSR.
Vladimir Lenin was the first communist dictator of Russia after the 1917 revolution.
Mensheviks
Yes. It is called the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. It is the second largest party in Russia.
Russia became first a communist state and later the largest Soviet Republic in the Soviet Union.
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin was the first communist leader for Russia. After the successful revolution against the Russian Provisional government in October, 1917, Lenin later discarded the term Bolshevik in favor of Communist. The party soon after changed the name of Russia to the Soviet Union.
Boris Jeltsin.
Effectively the revolution ends Russias' involvement as a beligerant in WW1. Therefore Russia, indirectly, becomes communist because of WW1, but Communist Russia was not part of it, surrendering a massive amount of territory as a result of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
Lenin led communist revolutionaries to overthrow the provisional government of Russia in November 1917. This led to Russia having the first communist government in the world.
Russia is a communist government