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The Provisional Government, first under Prince Georgy Lvov then under Alexander Kerensky ruled immediately before Lenin took control. Prior to the Provisional Government, Tsar Nicholas II ruled Russia.
The "ruler" before Lenin was Tsar Nicholas II.
Actually, the government before Lenin was the Provisional Government, which was headed first by Prince Georgy Lvov and then by Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky, before it was overthrown in the October Revolution by Lenin and his Bolshevik Party.
This would be the era before 1917 when the Romanov czars used to rule.
Actually, before Lenin took over, Russia was governed by a Provisional Government headed first by Prince Georgy Lvov and later by Alexander Kerensky until the October Revolution when Lenin and the Bolsheviks took control of the government and ousted the Provisional Government from power. Tsar Nicholas II was the ruling Tsar when the February 1917 revolution took place and he abdicated the throne and the Provisional Government took over.
The leader of Russia immediately before Lenin was Alexander Kerensky as head of the Provisional Government. Before Kerensky, the leader was Prince Georgy Lvov also as head of the Provisional Government. Prior to them it was Tsar Nicholas II.
Pre-revolutionary Russia was ruled by the Romanov family for over 300 years. The last Tsar was Nicholas II who, together with his family, was shot in Yekaterinburg in 1918.
Russia was a monarchy run by Czar Nicholas II until he abdicated the throne in March 1917. Then it was ruled by a government of ministers called the Provisional Government until the Communist takeover in October 1917.
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of Russia from 1917 to 1922. He was a communist, and he turned Russia into the Soviet Union. Lenin was predecessor to Stalin.
Lenin became Russia's leader because Nicholas II was kicked off the throne by Lenin's followers.
Lenin and Communism was a complete diaster for Russia that it is only now recovering from.
It was smart for Germany to sneak Lenin back into Russia because they were currently at war with Russia. Germany wanted Lenin to take Russia out from the inside, creating a rebellion that would collapse the government and lead to German victory.