aktsionist

An aktsionist is a term used in the context of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent Russian Civil War. The term is derived from the Russian word "aktsiya," which means "action" or "operation." Aktsionists were a group of revolutionary activists who advocated for immediate and direct action against the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet government. They believed that the Bolsheviks had deviated from the original goals of the Russian Revolution, which were the overthrow of the Tsarist regime and the establishment of a socialist society.

Aktsionists were often associated with the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries (SRs), a political party that had split from the Mensheviks in 1903. The Left SRs, along with other radical groups, formed the aktsionist movement. They saw the Bolsheviks as a counter-revolutionary force that had betrayed the working class and were determined to fight against them.

The aktsionist movement was short-lived and ultimately failed. The Bolsheviks, with the support of the Red Army, were able to suppress the aktsionist uprising in Moscow in April 1918. The movement's failure marked the end of the aktsionist movement and the consolidation of Bolshevik power in Russia.