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The Menshevik-Internationalists were a faction inside the
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks) The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks) (russian: Российская социал-демократическая рабочая партия (меньшевиков)), later renamed as Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Unite ...
. The faction, representing the left-wing inside the party, emerged in May 1917. It was joined by a number of political leaders returning from exile, the most notable being Julius Martov. The Menshevik-Internationalist opposed the pro-war line of
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and Tsereli. The Menshevik-Internationalists hoped to sway the Menshevik Party over to an anti-war stance. The Menshevik-Internationalists dominated the Menshevik Party Organizations in
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, Tula and some other places. They had some control over the
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branch of the party. At the Menshevik Party congress in August 1917, the Menshevik-Internationalists represented about a third of the gathered delegates. A major chunk of the Menshevik-Internationalist faction broke away and joined the
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in August 1917. This group included
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. At the election for the
All-Russian Central Executive Committee The All-Russian Central Executive Committee ( rus, Всероссийский Центральный Исполнительный Комитет, Vserossiysky Centralny Ispolnitelny Komitet, VTsIK) was the highest legislative, administrative and r ...
held at the Third Congress of Soviets in January 1918, the Menshevik-Internationalists obtained two out of 306 seats.


See also

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Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania and Belorussia (internationalists) The Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania and Belorussia (internationalists) ( lt, Lietuvos ir Baltarusijos socialdemokratų darbininkų partija (internacionalistų)) was a political party based in Vilna. The party had a Menshevik-Internation ...


References

{{reflist Factions of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party Mensheviks