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The Mensheviks (from Russian меньшиство, "minority") were an opportunist group within the [[Russian Social Democratic Labor Party]] led by [[Julius Martov]]. In 1903, at the [[Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party|Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party]], they voted to allow members of the petty-bourgeoisie who sympathized with the proletariat to join the party.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Joseph Stalin]]|year=1939|title=History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)|chapter=Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party. Appearances of the Bolshevik and the Menshevik Groups within the Party|section=Second Congress of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party. Adoption of Program and Rules and Formation of a Single Party. Differences at the Congress and Appearance of Two Trends Within the Party: The Bolshevik and the Menshevik|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch02.htm}}</ref>
The Mensheviks (from Russian меньшиство, "minority") were an [[Opportunism|opportunist]] group within the [[Russian Social Democratic Labor Party]] led by [[Julius Martov]]. In 1903, at the [[Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party|Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party]], they voted to allow members of the [[Petty bourgeoisie|petty-bourgeoisie]] who sympathized with the [[proletariat]] to join the party.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Joseph Stalin]]|year=1939|title=History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)|chapter=Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party. Appearances of the Bolshevik and the Menshevik Groups within the Party|section=Second Congress of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party. Adoption of Program and Rules and Formation of a Single Party. Differences at the Congress and Appearance of Two Trends Within the Party: The Bolshevik and the Menshevik|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch02.htm}}</ref>


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== References ==

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The Mensheviks (from Russian меньшиство, "minority") were an opportunist group within the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party led by Julius Martov. In 1903, at the Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, they voted to allow members of the petty-bourgeoisie who sympathized with the proletariat to join the party.[1]

References

  1. Joseph Stalin (1939). History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): 'Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party. Appearances of the Bolshevik and the Menshevik Groups within the Party; Second Congress of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party. Adoption of Program and Rules and Formation of a Single Party. Differences at the Congress and Appearance of Two Trends Within the Party: The Bolshevik and the Menshevik'. [MIA]