Menshevik Defencists and Internationalists

멘셰비키 방위파와 국제주의파

The Menshevik division over whether to support Russia's conduct of the First World War. Defencists such as Plekhanov and Potresov invoked national defence, while the Internationalists led by Martov opposed the conflict as an imperialist war. After the February Revolution of 1917, “revolutionary defencism” in support of continuing the war blurred the boundary again.