Trudoviks

The Trudoviks (Trudoviki, also referred to as Toilers, full name "The Labour Group" Russian: Трудовая группа, Trudovaya gruppa) were a moderate Labour party in early 20th Century Russia. They were a small workers party, especially when compared to the vast number of extreme revolutionary and anarchist groups.

This agrarian socialist party was one of hundreds of small workers circles that sprang up around Russia in the aftermath of the 1905 Revolution. While the 1905 revolution did not remove the Tsar, it certainly curtailed his power — but not to the extent of the democratic, liberal society for which the Russian masses longed for. As a result, the party survived but remained small.

The Trudoviks are best known for winning seats in the State Duma, a national assembly created by Tsar Nicholas II in the aftermath of the 1905 Revolution (mainly in the 1st and 2nd assemblies, in 1906 and 1907).