... Tsarist regime in towns and villages, one party in particular was the Social Democratic party, as written by Susan Hasler (1989) "Nevertheless, Marxist theories did spread quite widely in Russia, especially through The Social Democratic Party," This shows how the Marxist ideology spread to the common people of Russia, not through the actions of the Bolsheviks but through the more aggressive Social Party. Another factor to consider is the split that occurred at the turn of the century between the more patient Mensheviks and the forceful Bolsheviks, supporters tended to side with the idea that "biding time" was better than forcing a revolution, one person in particular was Trotsky, who before 1917, was a member of the Menshevik Party. A final consideration looks at Kamonev's and Zanoviev's reaction to Lenin's revolution consideration in 1917 in which, both members of the Party doubted the size and strength of the party to pull off the ...

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