How did Lenin and the Bolshevik government gain power and take over from the provisional government in 1917? ?
hello By 1917, the growth of political consciousness, the impact of revolutionary ideas, and the weak and inefficient system of government (which had been debilitated further by its participation in World War I), all created an environment favourable to revolution. – massive war losses -bad rule by the Tsar Note that the bolsheviks never started the revolution , they merely exploited it to their advantage Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War of 1918 -1920 would not have been certain without the strong, determined and intelligent leadership provided by Trotsky and Lenin. The fact that the Bolsheviks were led by two individuals, who combined had tremendous political, social and military skills had a direct result on the outcome of the war. There were other significant contributing factors that led to the Bolshevik victory, in particular their supreme political policies, such as War Communism, conscription, The New Economic Policy as well as the government’s support for self determi
