Though "Menshevik" is derived from the Russian word for minority, the new Menshevik party of Russia is anything but a minority movement within the country. Considering themselves a moderate socialist party, their major tenant is that that the switch from capitalism to socialism/communism is a gradual process that takes time, not a state which can be created out of revolution. Having a voter base than any other party, people tend to support to Mensheviks for their ideas of universal health-care, free education, and belief that Russia must remain with a strong capitalist economy in order to compete in the world market. Considered to encompass the conservative citizens of Russia, Mensheviks stand on an ideology that supports human rights and the rights of the individual, as well as the streng