The story of Bolsheviks
Lenin's party, a faction from 1903; in March 1918 it renamed itself the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
1903 – 8 Mar 1918
Bolsheviks. Lenin’s party, a faction from 1903; in March 1918 it renamed itself the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
1903 – 8 Mar 1918
Nadezhda Krupskaya, member of the Bolsheviks. Helped found it; organiser.
1917
The Imperial German government funded the Bolsheviks. Money for propaganda and the party press.
Recorded in the German Foreign Ministry’s own files. How much money reached the Bolsheviks, and how much it mattered, is debated by historians.
William Boyce Thompson funded the Bolsheviks. $1M.
Sutton bases this on Thompson’s own statement as reported in 1918.
According to Antony C. Sutton. This is one side’s account, not established fact.
Disputed: A US embassy cable of December 1917 relays a Bolshevik newspaper’s account that American Red Cross money went to anti-Bolshevik publications.
Jul 1917: The Imperial German government funded the Bolsheviks.
The Provisional Government’s charge of July 1917. Semion Lyandres (1995) re-examines the evidence it relied on.
According to the Russian Provisional Government. This is one side’s account, not established fact.
8 Mar 1918
The Bolsheviks became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Renamed the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
The Bolsheviks, involved in the October Revolution.
The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin.
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