Question

What were the policies of the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks?

Answer 1

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.

Complete answer:
The Bolsheviks policies were related to extreme measures. They were under the leadership of Lenin.They were eager to establish a socialist state as quickly as possible. They were ready to achieve this even by force and violence, if needed.They did not recognise any other class than that of the workers and were hostile to any cooperation with middle class political parties. The Bolsheviks were a disciplined party. They wanted to make the party an instrument for bringing about revolution.
The Mensheviks represented a minority group.They under the leadership of Alexander Kerensky.Their policies and methods were less radical. They were willing to await the eventual coming of socialism. They believed in gradual change and establishment of a parliamentary form of government like that of Britain and France.

Note:The Russian revolution took place in 1917,during the final phase of world war 1.It removed Russia from the war and brought about the transformation of the Russian empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics(USSR) replacing Russia’s traditional monarchy with the world's first communist state.The revolution happened in stages through two separate coups in 1917.October Revolution was the last major phase of the revolution. The Bolshevik party captured power thus establishing Soviet Union.