Social Democrats

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Who were key individuals in the Social Democrats?

George Plekhanov

Julius Martoc

Vladimir Vlyanov (Lenin)

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What were aims of SD?

Need to encourage working class consciousness

Some SD supporters focused on more practical concerns, improved pay and lowering working hours

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What did Lenin’s view cause?

A division

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What was the SD divided into?

Mensheviks and Bolsheviks

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What did the B’s want to do?

Continue to work for political, economic and social change

Argued workers were capable of being politically educated to create a revolution

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Who were the main instigators of the SD?

Julius Martov and Lenin

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What tactics did Lenin call to employ?

Revolutionary tactics

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What pamphlet did Lenin produce in 1901? (SD)

‘What Is To Be Done?’

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What did the pamphlet entail? (SD)

Outlined the idea that a complete overthrow of tsarist system of rule can be achieved by workers if led by an educated elite vanguard

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What methods did the B’s employ? (SD)

Used terrorism and wanted to overthrow Tsar and rule by party elites

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How many members did the B’s have? (SD)

5000-10000 members before 1914

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Who did the M’s work with? (SD)

The system and with other groups, develop capitalism

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Which path did the M’s follow? (SD)

Marx’s path to communism