6 lines
324 B
Markdown
6 lines
324 B
Markdown
The **Bolsheviks** or **Bolshevists** were a faction of the Marxist
|
|
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party that formed in 1903 that led the
|
|
[October Revolution](October_Revolution_\(Russia\) "wikilink") in 1917
|
|
and took control of the former [Russian
|
|
Empire](Russian_Empire "wikilink"), creating the
|
|
[USSR](USSR "wikilink"). |