Bolshevik
Bolshevik was a faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) that emerged in the early 20th century. The term, meaning "majority," referred to Lenin's supporters after a 1903 split at the party’s Second Congress, which produced two factions: Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. The Bolsheviks advocated a centralized, tightly organized party of professional revolutionaries and the strategy of democratic centralism, arguing that a vanguard party was needed to bring about socialist change amid Russia's autocracy.
They pursued a revolutionary program that favored rapid action, land reform, and nationalization of industry after
In 1917, the Bolsheviks led the October Revolution, overthrowing the Provisional Government in Petrograd and establishing
Prominent Bolsheviks included Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and other early leaders such as Grigori Zinoviev, Lev