Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP; in Russian: Российская социал-демократическая рабочая партия (РСДРП), Rossijskaja social-demokratičeskaja rabočaja partija (RSDRP)), also known as the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party or the Russian Social Democratic Party, was a socialist political party founded in 1898 in Minsk (then in Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire, present-day Belarus).
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party Российская социал-демократическая рабочая партия | |
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| Central Committee | Variable |
| Founded | 1 March 1898 |
| Merger of | SBORK Emancipation of Labour Jewish Labour Bund and smaller Marxist organizations |
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| Headquarters | Petrograd |
| Newspaper | Iskra |
| Ideology | Socialism Marxism Factions: Bolshevism Menshevism |
| Political position | Left-wing Factions: Centre-left to far-left |
| International affiliation | Second International |
| Colours | Red |
| Most MPs (Jan, 1907) | 65 / 518
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Formed to unite the various revolutionary organizations of the Russian Empire into one party, the RSDLP split in 1903 into Bolsheviks ("majority") and Mensheviks ("minority") factions, with the Bolshevik faction eventually becoming the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.