The more moderate group of political activists in the Social Democratic Labor Party, meeting in London in 1903, called itself the ___________ ("minority", though they were actually numerically the majority) and aimed for the eventual overthrow of capitalism and tsarist rule.

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The more moderate group of political activists in the Social Democratic Labor Party in 1903 was called the Mensheviks, which means "minority" in Russian, despite them being numerically the majority. They aimed for the eventual overthrow of capitalism and tsarist rule but were more moderate compared to their counterparts, the Bolsheviks.

The More Moderate Group of Political Activists in the Social