The split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

Question 1

SDs

Answer 1

SDs = social democrats

founded in 1903

Marxism ideology

Question 2

Why was there a divide in the SDs?

Answer 2

Lenin wanted to lead ppl by force
Martov wanted an inclusive party attracting the lower class

Question 3

Who did the Bolsheviks gain support from?

Answer 3

Bolsheviks succeeded in gaining support from workers + peasants
= largest social groups in R

Question 4

Mensheviks mistakes

Answer 4

Mensheviks’ mistake of supporting R presence in War → lost support + become unpopular in 1917
Martov allied with gov → R defeated + 400% inflation

Question 5

Who won?

Answer 5

Lenin grabs total power in the split between the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
Bolsheviks seized power in 1921 + outlawed Menshevism

Question 6

Marxist Ideology

Answer 6

absence of class divisions
power to the proletariat
collective leadership (state would wither away)

pooling of resources
no profit or capitalism
national self-determination for minorities

church not needed (religion is the opium of ppl)
spread of international rev