The Menshevik-Internationalists were a faction inside the

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. The faction, representing the left-wing inside the party, emerged in May 1917. It was joined by a number of political leaders returning from exile, the most notable being

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. The Menshevik-Internationalists opposed the pro-war line of Dan and Tsereteli. The Menshevik-Internationalists hoped to sway the Menshevik Party over to an anti-war stance. The Menshevik-Internationalists dominated the Menshevik Party Organizations in

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, Tula and some other places. They had some control over the

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branch of the party. At the Menshevik Party congress in August 1917, the Menshevik-Internationalists represented about a third of the gathered delegates. A major chunk of the Menshevik-Internationalist faction broke away and joined the

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in August 1917. This group included Yuri Larin. At the election for the

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held at the Third Congress of Soviets in January 1918, the Menshevik-Internationalists obtained two out of 306 seats.

References

{{reflist Factions of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party 1917 establishments in Russia

See also

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