Question

Which of the following statements are true regarding Vladimir Lenin?

• A. He felt that the peasants were not one united group.
• B. He wanted a small, strictly disciplined party of full-time members.
• C. He led the ‘majority’ of the party called Mensheviks.
• D. Julius Martov strongly supported Lenin.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

The correct options are
A He felt that the peasants were not one united group.
B He wanted a small, strictly disciplined party of full-time members.

Vladimir Lenin felt that the peasants were divided, as some were rich, some were poor, some worked as labourers, and some were capitalists. He wanted a small, tightly organised, strictly disciplined party of full-time members. Some people in the party favoured a large, loosely organised democratic party. The ‘majority’ of the party were Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin and the minority of the party, the Mensheviks, were led by Julius Martov.