Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks)
Historic political party in Russia founded 1903 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks) (Russian: Российская социал-демократическая рабочая партия (меньшевиков)), later renamed as Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (United) (Russian: Российская социал-демократическая рабочая партия (объединенная)), was a political party in Russia.
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Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks) Российская социал-демократическая рабочая партия (меньшевиков) | |
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General Secretary | Various |
Founded | 1912; 112 years ago (1912) |
Dissolved | 1965; 59 years ago (1965) |
Split from | Russian Social Democratic Labour Party |
Headquarters | Saint Petersburg (1912–20) Berlin (1920–33) Paris (1933–40) New York City (1940–65) |
Newspaper | Sotsialisticheskii vestnik (Socialist Courier) Rabochaia gazeta (Workers' Gazette) |
Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism |
Political position | Left-wing |
International affiliation | Vienna International (1921–23) Labour and Socialist International (1923–40) |
Colours | Red |
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It emerged in 1912 as the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was divided into two, the other group being the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks).
However, the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks had existed as factions of the original party since 1903.[1]