Who were the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks and who came to power first?
The Russian Revolution (also know as the Left Wing Rebellions Against the Bolsheviks, Russian Revolution of 1918, or the July Revolution 1918[citation needed]) was a series of unsuccessful rebellions and uprisings against the Bolsheviks led or supported by left wing groups including Socialist Revolutionaries, Left Socialist Revolutionaries, Mensheviks, and anarchists. Some were in support of the White Movement while some tried to be an independent force. The uprisings started in 1918 and continued through the Russian Civil War and after until 1922. In response the Bolsheviks increasingly abandoned attempts to get these groups to join the government and suppressed them with force. The rebellions and their suppression led to a one party state. Background, October Revolution, Coalition Bolshevik-Left SR Government, and First Revolt of Civil War Previously, the Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionary Party had supported the continuation of World War I by the Provisional Government after the
