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They completely disagreed on how the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party was to be formed. Julius Martov, then in charge of the party, wanted it to be as large as possible with relatively few restrictions. This would be more in keeping with Karl Marx's idea of a large but united proletarian revolution.
Lenin felt the party should be a tightly knit small organization of professional revolutionaries. He felt this was the way to keep Tsarist spies out of the organization.
At the Party Congress in Brussels, Belgium, the dispute over this issue became very heated and Lenin formed his own faction called the Bolsheviks.
They did not split completely in 1903, but the Bolsheviks did hold their own meetings while at the same time participating in the RSDLP. A few years later, the Bolsheviks formally severed ties and became their own party.
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What was the Marxist faction in Russia headed by Lenin called?
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.
What was the name of the first marxist party in russia?
The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) was the first Marxist party in Russia. In 1903, the party split into two factions, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. The Bolsheviks eventually split off completely from the RSDLP and formed their own party. The Bolshevik Party eventually became the Communist Party in 1918.
What did the Bolshevik opponents come to be called?
The Bolsheviks main opponents were called the Mensheviks.
Who opposed the tsar?
(1) The Kadets(2) The Social Revolutionaries(3) The Russian Social Democratic Labor Porty (Mensheviks and Bolsheviks).
How were the Mensheviks different from the Bolsheviks?
They were both factions of the Marxist Russian Social and Democratic Labor Party, so their basic policies were more or less the same. The main differences were regarding the interpretation of Marx's "historical stages". Marx argued that all societies MUST go through certain economic stages of development; feudal, capitalist, socialist and communist. The Mensheviks thought that as Russia had only just got out of the feudal stage and only had policies that could be described as capitalist since the 1905 Revolution the country should be encouraged along the road of capitalism and that the proletariat taking over would be premature. The Bolsheviks came up with the idea of "telescoping" the stages of economic development. They argued that the proletariat could take power, as the capitalist stage had already happened. They were not all that different and they pursued the same ideals, but as with all political matters, neither of them quite saw eye to eye with each other on how it should be achieved. The Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks were both factions of the same political party prior to 1904. The differences that split the two groups were petty and almost childish. The Mensheviks were a little more moderate than the Bolsheviks. Menshevik is derived from a Russian word meaning "minority". Bolshevik is derived from a Russian word meaning "majority".
