Question
Differentiate between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks.
Solution
The difference:
(i)The Russian Socialist Democratic Party split in 1898 in two groups. The minority group was called Mensheviks. Mensheviks favoured to organise party on the basis of the parties prevailing in France and Germany. They favoured the etablishment of parliamentary form of government in Russia and election of the parliament.
(i)The Russian Socialist Democratic Party split in 1898 in two groups. The minority group was called Mensheviks. Mensheviks favoured to organise party on the basis of the parties prevailing in France and Germany. They favoured the etablishment of parliamentary form of government in Russia and election of the parliament.
(ii)The majority group was called Bolsheviks. This group favoured revolutionary method for bringing changes in the social order and the state machinery. They also favoured a party of disciplined workers for revolution.
