Question

differentiate between the ideas of Mensheviks and Bolsheviks. atleast five points of difference.

Answer 1

Mensheviks	Bolsheviks
1.It was a minor party formed under the leadership of Alexander Kerenskii	1. It was a major party of the Socialists under the leadership of Lenin.
2.It believed in the slow and gradual transformation and set up of a Parliamentary form of government like Britain and France.	2.It believed in bringing about change through a revolution.
3.The party was broad based and open to all and it favoured in working within the system to bring change.	3. The party was limited to a few with revolutionary spirit and it was used as a tool to bring revolution.
4.It favoured democracy and capitalism to be established first before bring a socialist revolution.	4.It believed in transforming Russia from absolute monarchy to a communist state.
5.It was more pro- Marxist and believed in idea of running a nation by the workers.It did not believed in establishing Marxism through violence but capitalist means.	5.It believed in revolution and violence to bring industrialisation.