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more rapid change. The Bolsheviks promised to withdraw from World War 1 as soon as they came into power which turned out to convince enough people. Under the influence of the agitation by the leader of the Bolsheviks, Vladimir Lyichulyanov (Lenin), on October 25 1917 a coup d'�tat on the provisional government took place. And successfully within as few hours Vladimir Lyichulyanov (Lenin), the leader of the Bolshevik party, became the leader of the country which temporarily he renamed Soviet Russia.
His first action as the leader of the Soviet Union was to surrender and withdraw all his troops from the eastern front. Lenin personally felt like they needed to concentrate on defeating a collection of enemies at home. By signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Russia agreed to give up a large chunk of their land near the eastern front. With his troops ready, a civil war raged on between the old white army of the monarchy and the new red army of the communists. In that war Lenin ordered ...

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and the Mensheviks, whom together formed the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). The RSDLP was a Marxist coalition that wished to replace the tsar and create a government that would truly benefit the industrial workers. The two were once one, united as they struggled to stay afloat against the tide of the governing powers. However, this unity would disintegrate soon as the Bolsheviks would aim for a more rigid and exclusive government, while the Mensheviks would aim for an open government for all.
The Mensheviks were led by Julius Martov and were named after the minority, although they represented a majority of the Congress from the Second Congress where they split to ...

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