The Menshevik-Internationalists were a faction inside the
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks). 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
Julius Martov
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. The Menshevik-Internationalist opposed the pro-war line of
Dan and
Tsereli. The Menshevik-Internationalists hoped to sway the Menshevik Party over to an anti-war stance.
The Menshevik-Internationalists dominated the Menshevik Party Organizations in
Kharkov
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Tula
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and some other places. They had some control over the
Petrograd
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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
Bolsheviks
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in August 1917. This group included
Yuri Larin.
At the election for the
All-Russian Central Executive Committee held at the
Third Congress of Soviets in January 1918, the Menshevik-Internationalists obtained two out of 306 seats.
See also
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Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania and Belorussia (internationalists)
References
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Factions of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
Mensheviks