Reds - The group led by Lenin during the Russian Revolution that promised “peace, land, and bread” for peasants who supported their cause.
Mensheviks - A political party that believed reform would be gradual, with the bourgeoisie ruling until the proletariat were ready to take control.
Bolsheviks - A radical political party that believed a revolution was the only way to bring about change in Russia.
Whites - The group during the Russian Revolution made up of Czar Nicholas’s forces, Mensheviks, and people who resisted communism.
