The Bolsheviks were communist and went on to form the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Mensheviks were socialists with different ideals who split from the Bolsheviks.
1. Created a revolution. 2. The leadership formed with Lenin leading the group. 3. The Bolsheviks kicked out the Mensheviks and disallowed them part in the party. The Mensheviks were the more moderate of the two groups in the COmmunist party. 4. Lenin had a cult-like following. Some scholars feel that this allowed him more power. 5. At the death of Lenin, Stalin started purges that brought the Communist party in fear of him and brought more unity because of the fear of the party and Stalin's purges.
The Bolsheviks. It's a slogan of the early Bolsheviks. This phrase is associated with Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik Party and the Russian Revolution, specifically the October Revolution of 1917. The phrase was used before the revolution on posters designed to rally around the Bolsheviks, because it meant ending Russia's participation in World War 1, and end to food shortages and an end to unfair distribution of land among the wealthy.
Communists believe that the resources of the planet should belong to all the people in common.
Economic equality through communism
not at all
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The Mensheviks were the anti-communists who fought against the Bolsheviks. The Mensheviks formed in 1904 under the Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party.
The Reds and the Whites. The reds were the revolutionaries pro-communists, the whites were the supporters of the previous regime Tzarism.
Mensheviks were not in favor of withdrawing from World War I. The Bolsheviks were. Also, the mensheviks were a majority.
The Bolsheviks and Mensheviks split essentially because the Mensheviks were reformists and the Bolsheviks were revolutionaries. The Bolsheviks said that when the revolution finally came, the Mensheviks would sooner or later only hinder it and would betray the revolution.
Lenin led the Bolshevik faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. The RSDLP was split into two factions, Lenin's Bolsheviks and the majority faction Mensheviks. Both Bolsheviks and Mensheviks were Marxist. The Mensheviks were just not as radical as the Bolsheviks. Lenin led the Bolshevik faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Party. The RSDLP was split into two factions, Lenin's Bolsheviks and the majority faction Mensheviks. Both Bolsheviks and Mensheviks were Marxist. The Mensheviks were just not as radical as the Bolsheviks.
The Mensheviks and Bolsheviks were the main factions in the soviet councils and the main factions involved in the March 1917 overthrow of the czar. The Mensheviks established the Provisional Government which the Bolsheviks wrested power from in the November Revolution.
:Bolsheviks wanted the government of Russia should be disciplined. : Mensheviks wanted the party should be open to all
The Reds and the Whites. The reds were the revolutionaries pro-communists, the whites were the supporters of the previous regime Tzarism.
They were both groups of socialists.
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.
bolsheviks and mensheviks