WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bolshevik, (Russian: “One of the Majority”), plural Bolsheviks, or Bolsheviki, member of a wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party, which, led by Vladimir Lenin, seized control of the government in Russia (October 1917) and became the dominant political power.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Bolshevik (meaning ‘majority’) radical communist faction within the Russian Social Democratic Labour party emerged during the 1903 Party Congress following the split with the more moderate Mensheviks (meaning ‘minority’).

Detailed explanation-3: -: a member of the extremist wing of the Russian Social Democratic party that seized power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hint: The Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks are two political parties split off of the socialist Democratic Party of Russia. Mensheviks means minority and Bolsheviks means majority.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bolsheviks were the majority group of workers of Russia. They believed in revolutionary methods of bringing about changes in society and the state. After the October Revolution, Russia became a one-party state, i.e. the Bolshevik Party, which was renamed as the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik).