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Leon Trotsky And The Bolsheviks

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Bolsheviks: In 1903, the Marxist Social Democratic Party of the Soviet Union divided into two parts, one was the Mensheviks and the other was the Bolsheviks (pg. 779). The Bolsheviks were Russian Social Democrats who were under the authority of Vladimir Ulianiov (pg. 779). The Bolsheviks and Ulianiov were falsely accused of attempting to overthrow the government, and this caused Ulianiov to flee to Finland pg. 779). Membership within the Bolsheviks skyrocketed within months, going from 50,000 to 240,000 (pg. 779). Their leaders soon convinced the members that "we are on the threshold of a world proleterian revolution" (pg. 779). Leon Trotsky was a chairman and led the Bolsheviks into their attempt to take over the power (pg. 780). With the

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