Teaching Students About the Mensheviks

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Teaching Students About the Mensheviks

Mensheviks were a political faction within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) during the early 20th century that advocated for a gradual evolution towards a socialist society, in contrast to the Bolsheviks who favored a rapid and revolutionary overthrow of capitalism. While the Bolsheviks ultimately gained power in the 1917 Russian Revolution and became the ruling party of the Soviet Union, understanding the ideas and beliefs of …