The Bolshevik party, formally established in 1912, seized power in Russia in the October Revolution of 1917, and was later renamed the Russian Communist Party, All-Union Communist Party, and ultimately the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Its ideology, based on Leninist and later Marxist–Leninist principles, became known as Bolshevism.

Feb 21, 2025 · Bolshevik, member of a wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party, which, led by Vladimir Lenin, seized control of the government in Russia (October 1917) and became the dominant political power.

Aug 19, 2020 · The ‘Bolshevik Bluff’ is the idea that the ‘majority’ of Russia was behind them – that they were the people’s party and the saviours of the proletariat and peasants.

Mar 12, 2024 · On November 6 and 7, 1917 (or October 24 and 25 on the Julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the October Revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party ...

Bolshevism (derived from Bolshevik) is a revolutionary socialist current of Soviet Leninist and later Marxist–Leninist political thought and political regime associated with the formation of a rigidly centralized, cohesive and disciplined party of social revolution, focused on overthrowing the existing capitalist state system, seizing power ...

Russian Revolution, two revolutions in 1917, the first of which, in February (March, New Style), overthrew the imperial government and the second of which, in October (November), placed the Bolsheviks in power, leading to the creation of the Soviet Union. Learn more about the Russian Revolution in this article.

May 26, 2024 · But who were the Bolsheviks, and how did they rise from a minority opposition party to the rulers of one of the world‘s largest countries? In this article, we will explore the history of the Bolshevik Party, examining the key events, figures, and factors that contributed to their ultimate triumph.

Apr 9, 2025 · In Moscow the Bolshevik coup met with armed resistance from cadets and students, but they were eventually overcome. In the other cities of Russia soldiers, lured by Bolshevik slogans of immediate peace, crushed the opposition.

Dec 22, 2024 · By the 1930s, the Bolshevik party, now the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), had consolidated a totalitarian regime that would play a decisive role in world affairs.

“Bolshevik” means “majority” and were a faction of The Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, which was formed after the Second Congress in 1903 when it split from the Mensheviks. The Congress agreed that Russia needed a revolution in order to establish Socialism.