Bolsheviks were a faction in Russian communist movement (vs. Mensheviks), they would totally say they were communist. Lenin's idea of transitional phase did no

Bolsheviks were a faction in Russian communist movement (vs. Mensheviks), they would totally say they were communist. Lenin's idea of transitional phase did not materialize until the failure of "war communism" policy in 1918-1920 became apparent. That phase was more-or-less direct attempt at implementing the tenets of Communist Manifesto literally.