
The Mensheviks (Russian: меньшевики́, romanized: mensheviki, from меньшинство, menshynstvo, 'minority') were a left-wing socialist faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) within the Russian socialist movement. The other significant faction were the Bolsheviks. The factions emerged in 1903 following a dispute within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) betwee...