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Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks, the group that gained control of the Provisional Russian government in 1917.
unrest in the Russian military and civilian population.
Lenin led communist revolutionaries to overthrow the provisional government of Russia in November 1917. This led to Russia having the first communist government in the world.
Paul Miliukov was a leader of the Kadet Party and the Foreign Minister of the 1917 Russian Provisional government. He resigned his position in May of 1917.
The Russian Revolution forced the czar to resign in March 1917. After he left power, a provisional government was formed by the Duma, the Russian parliament. The provisional government was itself overthrown in October 1917 by the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin. This instigated the Russian Civil War, as the Bolshevik forces fought to overthrow the Russian factions opposed to them. The Civil War lasted until 1922. The Bolsheviks were victorious and their victory led to the formation of the Soviet Union.