Meaning of Menshevik | Babel Free

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A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917.

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“В одном районе в последние 5—6 месяцев представителем был «меньшевик». Благодаря оторванности от общей работы этот район страшно ослаб.”

Vladimir Lenin

“‘Better an ultra-leftist than a Menshevik,’ said Rosa Kaletsky.”

“Let⟳ me be clear. The men and women on this stage⟳ have⟳ more ideas, more experience⟳, more common sense⟳ than every participant in the Democratic debate⟳. That debate⟳ reflected a debate⟳ between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks.”

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