1 août 1903 - Bolsheviks

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1903 Nov 17 Russia's Social Democrats are having their Second Congress. (The First Party Congress was in 1898, consisting of nine delegates, all of whom were arrested.) The Second Congress meets in Brussels, but police harrassment sends them to liberal Britain's city of London. There are fifty-six delegates. They split into two factions: the Bolsheviks (majority) and Mensheviks (minority). The Bolsheviks believe that power must be taken from the ruling class in one sweep. The Mensheviks hope for progress toward socialism without a sudden and sweeping change as to which class holds power. The Bolsheviks are a majority when a crucial vote is taken after some Mensheviks walk out.

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