hi. i tried the online translator but it gave it to me in greek script, which i don't read or know how to pronounce. i just want to know the greek words for "majority" and "minority" (in romanized spelling). also, are those the same words you use for "bolshevik"and "menshevik" (in the context of the russian revolution)? thanks.
any greek speakers? translate 2 words!
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By a happy coincidence, there are Greek members of my congregation, and as tomorrow is Sunday, I'll ask them at the meeting in the morning. Someone else may have answered by then, but I'll check with my friends just to make sure.
Re: the Russian versions - if memory serves that is correct, which is ironic because the bolseviks were a clear minority at that time.
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Why Greek?
Well, not in the 1903 congress:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshevik
And not in Greek, but in Russian.
Well, not in the 1903 congress:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshevik
And not in Greek, but in Russian.
I said in reference to the Russian. And the wiki article linked above says "based on the fact that Lenin's supporters narrowly defeated Martov's supporters on the question of party membership" and also goes on to say that neither man ever held a clear majority due to constant shifting allegiances. They also failed to obtain significant membership in the Petrograd Soviet during the later revolution, though they did control the Moscow Soviet (which was of lesser importance at the time). Good article, though, on the whole.
And the switch in terminology was carefully orchestrated by Lenin to bring his own faction into what was perceived to be a majority. Since the question referred to the time of the revolution (1917), this would be the case (as the Bolsehviks were pretty much outsiders in the Kerensky government). Also, the revolution of Lenin was more accurately a coup, but this goes well away from the question of the words in Greek.
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