The Bulgarian Workers 'Social Democratic Party (close socialists) (the Bulgarian. Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party (crowded socialists) ) - the political party of Bulgaria that existed in 1903-1919, which stood on the positions of Marxism , revolutionary socialism and internationalism . In abbreviated form - BRDSDP (t.s.), the name "crowded" was also common. The leader is Dimitar Blagoev . One of the first radical Marxist parties to dissociate itself from reformist social democracy .
History
It was formed at the congress in Rousse in 1903 during the split of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party into "close" and " broad " socialists.
The left wing of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party took the name “close socialists” as opposed to the right wing, which took the position of reformism and national- patriotism , advocating a “broad understanding of Marxism ”, “broad” work among all sectors of society and “broad” criteria for party membership.
The "close socialists", in turn, concentrated their work among industrial workers and employees, and set a high standard for people who want to become party members.
In the course of the Ilden uprising in Macedonia that began in 1903 , the Bulgarian-Macedonian revolutionary- squeezer Nikola Karev became the leader of the Krushev Republic , trying to give the national liberation struggle a class component.
The party is split twice more - with the "progressives" and the anarcho-communists in 1905 and 1908 . respectively. Nevertheless, its influence and number increases several times. In 1902, "close socialists" won 2 seats in parliament , and in 1914 - 12. In 1908 , received 2,600 votes in municipal elections, and in 1911 - 13,000.
In 1912 - 1913 the party refuses to support the bourgeoisie of a country in the Balkan wars and puts forward the idea of the Balkan Federal Republic . The "Close Socialists" also opposed Bulgaria’s participation in the First World War , subsequently supporting the manifesto adopted at the Zimmerwald conference - about the need to "begin the struggle for peace without annexations and indemnities."
In 1919 it was renamed the BKP (t.s.).