Lenin's Bolshevik Majority Only Existed One Very Specific Moment in Time

Lenin took his victories at the end of the congress as an opportunity to label himself and his supporters the bolsheviks. The great irony, of course, is that lenin's bolshevik majority only existed one very specific moment in time. After reports of the dramatic and acrimonious conclusion to the congress spread back out to the wider social democratic community,. most members of the party tended to side with martof, axelrod zasulich and trotsky. Lenin was now accused of being a robespierre, leading a jacobin coup. He resigned from iskra in december 19 o three.