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Mensheviks

Faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

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Were jews behind the bolshevik revolution?

The short answer: no — the claim that “Jews were behind the Bolshevik Revolution” is a long-standing antisemitic conspiracy, not a historically supported explanation for 1917; while several prominent ...

Jan 22, 2026

What was the political behavior of Jewish communities in Russia during the 1917 elections and soviet votes?

during 1917 was pluralistic, shaped more by class, locality, and competing Jewish national projects than by any single allegiance to Bolshevism; many Jews favored the , , , or Jewish national lists, w...