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The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP), [b] also known as the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party (RSDWP) or as the Russian Social Democratic Party (RSDP), was a socialist political party founded in 1898 in Minsk.
The party adopted the name Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and took a more conciliatory approach towards the Bolsheviks. [5] The 4th congress of the party decided to dissolve the party and called on its membership to join the Communist Party. [4] In December 1919 Lozovsky was readmitted to the Communist Party. [3]
The Congress approved the first clause of the Rules concerning Party membership in the wording proposed by Lenin. It admitted the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, and the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party into the RSDLP, and predetermined the admission of the Bund. [citation needed]
The major issues discussed by the delegates were merging all social democratic groups into one party and selecting the party's name. The Congress also elected a Central Committee of three: Stepan Radchenko , one of the oldest Russian social democrats and a leader of the Saint Petersburg League, Boris Eidelman of Rabochaya Gazeta and Arkadi ...
After the October Revolution of November 1917 it became the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Mensheviks, formed from the 1903 split with the Bolsheviks; the Mensheviks followed Julius Martov. With the formal severing of ties in 1912, the Mensheviks used the name Russian Social Democratic Party (Mensheviks), or sometimes without the qualifier.
The 5th (London) Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was held in London between May 13 and June 1, 1907. [1] The 5th Congress had the largest attendance of the Congresses of the unified RSDLP. [2] Thirty-five sessions of the Congress were held in the Brotherhood Church in Hackney, during which stormy debates took place. [3] [4]
Leaders of the Menshevik Party at Norra Bantorget in Stockholm, Sweden, May 1917 (Pavel Axelrod, Julius Martov and Alexander Martinov). After the 1912 split, the General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia became a federated part of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Menshevik) as by this time the Mensheviks had accepted the idea of a federated party organization.
The 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was held from July 30 to August 23 (July 17 – August 10, O.S.) 1903, starting in Brussels, Belgium (until August 6) and ending in London, England.