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Bolshevik(Russian: “member of the majority”) Member of the wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party led by Vladimir Ilich Lenin that seized control in the Russian Revolution of 1917. The group arose in 1903 when Lenin's followers insisted that party membership be restricted to professional or full-time revolutionaries. Though they joined with their rivals, the Mensheviks (“members of the minority”), in the Russian Revolution of 1905, the two groups later split, and in 1912 Lenin formed his own party. Its appeal grew among urban workers and soldiers during World War I. See also Communist Party, Leninism. Bolshevik (formerly) a Russian Communist www.imternationalist.org/stalinism&bolshevism.html www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/B/Bolshevism.html How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Frequently referred to as "The Philosopher of Freedom," Berdyaev was censorious of collectivism and as early as 1906 predicted that Bolshevism would produce a system devoted to the "fabrication of souls. Moore came to believe that Bolshevism was an effective approach to fighting white chauvinism and colonialism. Petersburg in early 1917, when the Kerensky republic was in power and liberalization rather than Bolshevism still seemed possible for Russia. |
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