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The 2nd Congress of the RSDLP (Russian Social Democratic Labor Party) was held during July 30–August 23 (July 17–August 10, O.S.) 1903, starting in Brussels
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, Belgium
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 (until August 6) and ending in London
London

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, because Belgian police forced the delegates to leave the country. The congress finalized the creation of the Marxist party in Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 proclaimed at the 1st Congress of the RSDLP
1st Congress of the RSDLP

The 1st Congress of the RSDLP was held between March 14?March 16 1898 in Minsk, Russian Empire in secrecy in a private house on the outskirts of Minsk ....
.

The Organising Committee for convening the Second Congress of the RSDLP was originally elected at the Belostok Conference held in March (April) 1902, but soon after the conference all the committee members but one were arrested.






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The 2nd Congress of the RSDLP (Russian Social Democratic Labor Party) was held during July 30–August 23 (July 17–August 10, O.S.) 1903, starting in Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
, Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 (until August 6) and ending in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, because Belgian police forced the delegates to leave the country. The congress finalized the creation of the Marxist party in Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 proclaimed at the 1st Congress of the RSDLP
1st Congress of the RSDLP

The 1st Congress of the RSDLP was held between March 14?March 16 1898 in Minsk, Russian Empire in secrecy in a private house on the outskirts of Minsk ....
.

The Organising Committee for convening the Second Congress of the RSDLP was originally elected at the Belostok Conference held in March (April) 1902, but soon after the conference all the committee members but one were arrested. At Lenin's suggestion, a new Organising Committee was set up at a conference of Social-Democratic committees held in November 1902 in Pskov
Pskov

Pskov is an ancient types of inhabited localities in Russia located in the north-west of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River....
. On this committee the Iskra
Iskra

File:Iskra.jpgIskra means Spark, was a political newspaper of Russian socialist emigrants established as the official organ of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party....
-ists had an overwhelming majority.

Under Lenin's guidance, the Organising Committee carried out extensive preparatory work for the Second Congress. Draft Regulations for the convening of the Congress were adopted at a plenary session held in Orel
Orel

Orel or Oryol can refer to:*Oryol, a city in Russia, the administrative center of Oryol OblastIt can also refer to:*Alexander Oryol , Soviet military leader and admiral...
 in February 1903. Following this plenary session, members of the Organising Committee twice visited the local Party organisations with a view to assisting them in their work. With their participation, the local committees discussed the draft Regulations, after which the Organising Committee finally endorsed the Regulations and approved a list of the local organisations entitled under them to representation at the Congress. The Organising Committee prepared for the Congress a detailed written report on its activities.

This Congress is notable by the RSDLP becoming split into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks as a result of a dispute between Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov and also known by the pseudonyms V.I. Lenin and N. Lenin, was a Russians revolutionary, a Bolshevik Communism politician, the principal leader of the October Revolution and the first head of the USSR....
 and Julius Martov
Julius Martov

Julius Martov or L. Martov was born in Istanbul in 1873. The son of Jewish middle class parents, he became the leader of the Mensheviks in early twentieth century Russia....
 over the major points of the Party Programme.

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