menshevik

• Substantiv, das ein Mitglied des gemäßigten, nicht-leninistischen Flügels der Russischen Sozialdemokratischen Arbeiterpartei bezeichnet, der für schrittweise Reformen eintrat und sich vor und während der Russischen Revolution gegen die Bolschewiki stellte.

A noun referring to a member of the moderate, non‑Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party, which advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution.

Eigenname

1. Political faction memberC1formal

   A member of the moderate, non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, which advocated for gradual, democratic reforms and opposed the more radical Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution.

   Mitglied einer politischen Fraktion

   • The Mensheviks believed in a broad-based socialist party and a more democratic path to change.
   • During the 1917 Revolution, the Mensheviks struggled to maintain influence against the Bolsheviks' growing power.
   • Many Menshevik leaders were eventually forced into exile after the Bolsheviks consolidated control.

   Antonymebolshevik