Menshevik
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- noun
- /ˈmɛnʃəvɪk/
- Andrei Vyshinsky, a former Menshevik, served as procurator-general.
Examples
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The left wing groups that the coup had forced from power, the Socialist Revolutionaries and Mensheviks, had not given up.
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They say that the Konstadt rebellion was organized by Menshevik's social revolutionaries, Anton Spies and tsarist generals.
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Because obviously the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks, when they are later created are quite illegal in in Russia.
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- You Menshevik!
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The "Workers' Truth" group was labeled "Menshevik" by the ruling party, while the "Workers' Group" was dismissed as "anarcho-syndicalist."
Blog text (4) -
As early as 5 April 1918, Stalin sought to fix a trial when, before the Revolutionary Tribunal of the Press, he accused Julius Martov, the Menshevik leader, of libel.
Academic text (1991) -
The Mensheviks advocated for gradual social reform while opposing the more radical Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution.
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Many Mensheviks believed that a peaceful transition to socialism was possible through democratic means.
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After the revolution, the Menshevik party struggled to maintain support among the working class in Russia.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Menshevik comes from the Russian root menshe 'less' and the ending -vik 'member', so it literally meant 'one of the minority' in a party split. That's why a Menshevik was the smaller, more moderate socialist group that wanted gradual reform rather than a sudden revolution.