People of the Revolution and the USSR
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
The age of the Internationals and empires 1820–1917
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GlossaryRussian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
- Pavel Borisovich Axelrod Павел Борисович Аксельрод Theorist of the mass workers' party: the argument that lost to Lenin's vanguard
- Alexander Nikolayevich Potresov Александр Николаевич Потресов One of the six who built Iskra: the Menshevik theorist who parted with Lenin
- Fyodor Ilyich Dan Фёдор Ильич Дан Menshevism's theoretical pillar who stood for democratic socialism against Lenin
- Julius Osipovich Martov Юлий Осипович Мартов Lenin’s oldest friend and most principled adversary