Return of land ("otrezki") to peasants that had been taken during the 1861 reform. 2. The RSDRP Charter (Ustav)
Introduction of an 8-hour workday and legalization of strikes and trade unions. programma i ustav rsdrp
The documents underwent significant changes as the political landscape shifted: Return of land ("otrezki") to peasants that had
For further study, you can access the original documents in the Marxists Internet Archive or research the Resolutions and Decisions of the RSDLP for detailed amendments made between 1898 and 1917. The documents underwent significant changes as the political
Focused on the long-term goal of a Socialist Revolution . This included the overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat to build a socialist society.
The Charter defined the organizational structure and membership rules. It was the primary source of the historic split between (led by Lenin) and Mensheviks (led by Martov) during the Second Party Congress in 1903. Membership (Paragraph 1):
Lenin’s "April Theses" proposed updating the program to transition directly toward a socialist revolution.