Mark the correct statement. Bolsheviks are the minority group of the Russian Socialist Democratic party. Mensheviks are the majority group of the Russian Socialist Democratic party.

Mark the correct statement. Bolsheviks are the minority group of the Russian Socialist Democratic party. Mensheviks are the majority group of the Russian Socialist Democratic party. Correct Answer Neither I nor II

The correct answer is Neither I nor II.

Key Points

  • The Russian Socialist Democratic party was formed in 1898.
  • The party followed Marxist ideas, believing the industrial working class, not peasants, would bring about revolution.
  • Mensheviks are the minority group of the Russian Socialist Democratic party formed in 1898.
  • Mensheviks favoured a parliamentary model of government like that of Britain and France.
  • Mensheviks wanted a mass party with industrial workers as members and believed a socialist revolution could only happen much later.
  • Bolsheviks are the majority group of the Russian Socialist Democratic party led by Linen and based on the ideology of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
  • Bolsheviks wanted a small party with full-time revolutionaries and believed the revolution could be soon.

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