How Did The Russian Revolution Start

Have you ever thought about the Russian Revolution or the Bolsheviks? Well the Russian revolution of 1917 consisted of two revolutions, the first in February in which the imperial government was overthrown. The second revolution took place in October and placed the Bolsheviks in power. The Bolsheviks (which is a Russian word for majority) were a member of the Russian Social Democratic Party which was led by Lenin who insisted that party membership should be restricted to professional revolutionaries.

How was the provisional government set up and how did the Bolshevik revolution start? Russia was engaged in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, and many of the leaders including Lenin and Trotsky went to exile because the Communists tried to revolt against the Czar with the help of farmers but they refused. But after a series of riots, Czar Nicholas II was dethroned and a provisional government was set up by Prince George Lvov who ended up resigning which allowed Kerensky, a democratic Socialist to take over and create a coalition government and kept the war with Germany. Later in 1917 the Bolshevik Revolution began and Lenin returned from exile in Switzerland

The provisional government lost its popularity in the July Days when a huge demonstration of workers, soldiers and peasants marched into the provisional government's meeting in the Tauride Palace, and demanded that the Soviets should seize whole power. Then the troops were brought to handle the situation and lead to the death of 400 people. Prince Lvov resigned and was replaced by Kerensky. Later in October, Lenin urged to seize power and overthrow the provisional government in which he succeeded. The Bolshevik's Red Guards and the troops of the Petrograd Soviet took over important buildings, telegraph offices and railway stations. They surrounded the winter palace and arrested the provisional government's ministers, therefore the Bolsheviks won