2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Bolshevik delegates at the 2nd Congress of the RSDLP (4 photos are missing)
Menshevik (top row), anti-Iskrist (middle row) and Centre (neutral) delegates at the 2nd Congress (6 photos missing: 2 Mensheviks, 1 Anti-Iskrist and 3 Centre)

The 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was held from July 30 to August 23 (July 17 – August 10, O.S.) 1903, starting in Brussels, Belgium (until August 6) and ending in London, England. Probably as a result of diplomatic pressure from the Russian Embassy, Belgian police had forced the delegates to leave the country on August 6.[1] The congress finalized the creation of the Marxist party in Russia proclaimed at the 1st Congress of the RSDLP. This congress brought the first split within the party, between the Bolshevik faction led by Lenin, and the Menshevik faction led by Martov.

  1. ^ Krupskaya, Reminiscences of Lenin