Associations to the word «Menshevik»

Wiktionary

MENSHEVIK, noun. (now chiefly historical) A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917. [from 20th c.]

Dictionary definition

MENSHEVIK, noun. A Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution.

Wise words

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