Overthrow of the Tsarist autocracy and establishment of a democratic republic with universal suffrage.
The Charter defined the organizational structure and membership rules. It was the primary source of the historic split between (led by Lenin) and Mensheviks (led by Martov) during the Second Party Congress in 1903. Membership (Paragraph 1): programma i ustav rsdrp
The Party Program was divided into two distinct parts: the for immediate goals and the Maximum Program for ultimate socialist objectives. Overthrow of the Tsarist autocracy and establishment of
For further study, you can access the original documents in the Marxists Internet Archive or research the Resolutions and Decisions of the RSDLP for detailed amendments made between 1898 and 1917. Membership (Paragraph 1): The Party Program was divided
The party (now the RCP(b)) adopted a new program reflecting their position as the ruling party after the October Revolution. 4. Summary Table of the 1903 Split Bolsheviks (Lenin) Mensheviks (Martov) Party Model "Vanguard" of professional revolutionaries Mass-based party like Western Social Democrats Membership Requirement Strict: Personal participation in a cell Flexible: General support and guidance Organization Highly centralized and disciplined Decentralized and democratic
Focused on the long-term goal of a Socialist Revolution . This included the overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat to build a socialist society.