How were the mensheviks different from the bolshevicks?

Answer 1

The main difference between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks is the fact that the Mensheviks were more "Orthodox" Marxists, meaning that they believed in a slow, gradual transition from Capitalism into Communism. The Mensheviks believed that before there should be a Proletariat revolution, there must be a Bourgeois revolution, where Capitalism is the main socioeconomic system. Later, there would be a workers' revolution, which would usher in Socialism, and slowly the Socialist government would loosen its control over the means of production and the state would wither away into a Communist system. The Bolsheviks believed basically the same thing, but wanted to move through the Capitalist phase as quickly as possible, arriving at a Socialist state as soon as they could.

Answer 2

The Bolsheviks were small, highly organized party of workers who believed the government should be run by the proletariat and peasants. The Mensheviks were a larger, more loosely organized party that wanted a temporary bourgeois regime to ease the proletariat into power.

Answer 3

Bolsevik translated into English mean the majority while Mensheviks mean minority, main diference was Bolsheviks were Lenins fraction of Revolutionaries, while Mensheviks were against Lenin...

Answer 4

The Mensheviks felt that the Czar's regime was ineffective.