answersLogoWhite

0

At the 1903 Congress of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Party in Brussels votes were being taken on various issues. Lenin's supporters were more radical in their goals than others in the party and they were in the minority. Lenin agitated so much that several of the more conservative members of the Congress walked out in protest of Lenin's actions. When those members left, Lenin had a temporary majority which he used to declare his supporters the Bolsheviks of the RSDP. Bolshevik meant majorityite. The name stuck even though in truth, the Bolsheviks were in the minority overall. The opposing majority members for some reason simply allowed themselves to be called Mensheviks, or minorityites, even though they were in the majority.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks of the Russian Revolution?

The leader of the Bolsheviks in the Russia Revolution was Vladimir Lenin.


Who was the leader of Bolsheviks in the Russian revolution?

The leader of the Bolsheviks in the Russia Revolution was Vladimir Lenin.


Who was the the leader of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution?

The leader of the Bolsheviks in the Russia Revolution was Vladimir Lenin.


Who was leader of Bolsheviks in November 1917?

Vladimir I. Lenin was the undisputed leader of the Bolsheviks in November 1917.


When Lenin returned to Russia what group was he in charge of?

Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks.


Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the .?

Bolsheviks revolution


What group killed the last Czar?

The Bolsheviks, Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks.


What were the beliefs of the Bolsheviks?

The Bolsheviks believed in the tsar and they also believed in Lenin their leader


Who became the leader of the Bolsheviks after he was shipped from Germany in a sealed train?

Vladimir Lenin was already the leader of the Bolshevik Party when Germany shipped him to Russia in the famous diplomatically sealed train. Thus, Lenin did not "become the leader of the Bolsheviks "after" Germany sent him to Russia. Lenin had formed the Bolsheviks in 1903 and was their leader even while he was living in self-imposed exile in Switzerland. Germany sent him back to Russia in April 1917.


Who were the Bolsheviks and who was their leader?

The Balsheviks were Marxist revolutionaries in Russia led by Vladimir Lenin.


The leader of the Bolsheviks was?

Bolshevik revolutionary leader was Leon Trotsky


How did Lenin become leader of the Bolsheviks?

vladimir linen became the leader of the Bolsheviks by spending most of his decade in western Europe where he emerged as a prominent figure in the international revolutionary movement and became the leader of the bolshevik faction of the Russian social democratic workers party.