Editing Bolsheviks (section)

===Demographics of the two factions===
The average party member was very young: in 1907, 22% of Bolsheviks were under 20 years of age; 37% were 20–24 years of age; and 16% were 25–29 years of age. By 1905, 62% of the members were [[industrial workers]] (3% of the population in 1897).<ref>{{Citation | first = Abraham | last = Ascher | title = The Revolution of 1905 | page = 4}}.</ref><ref>{{Citation | first = Tony | last = Cliff | title = Lenin and the Revolutionary Party | page = 37}}.</ref> Twenty-two percent of Bolsheviks were [[gentry]] (1.7% of the total population) and 38% were uprooted [[Russian peasants|peasants]]; compared with 19% and 26% for the Mensheviks. In 1907, 78% of the Bolsheviks were [[Russians|Russian]] and 10% were [[History of the Jews in Russia|Jewish]]; compared to 34% and 20% for the Mensheviks. Total Bolshevik membership was 8,400 in 1905, 13,000 in 1906, and 46,100 by 1907; compared to 8,400, 18,000 and 38,200 for the Mensheviks. By 1910, both factions together had fewer than 100,000 members.<ref>{{Citation | first = Richard | last = Pipes | title = The Russian Revolution | pages = 364–355}}.</ref>