At first it was Tsar Nicholas II until he was overthrown in early March. After that it was Prince Georgi Lvov and then Alexander Kerensky as heads of the Russian Provisional Government, respectively. Then it was Vladimir I. Lenin as head of the Bolshevik Party after it overthrew the Provisional Government in early November 1917.
Vladimir Lenin and the "Bolsheviks" (meaning "majorityites"), a faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party.
Russia did not have a president in 1917. The leader of the country at that time wasCzar Nicholas II.
Czar Nicholas II was murdered on the night of July 16/17, 1918, by members of the Bolsheviks who had seized power in Russia in the October Revolution in 1917.
Russia
The Bolsheviks took power from the Russian Provisional Government in November 1917 (October according to the Russian calendar). At that time the Provisional Government had already replaced Tsar Nicholas II and by November it was headed by Alexander Kerensky. The Bolsheviks did not seize power from Tsar Nicholas II. The Provisional Government was set up in place of the Tsar's government to maintain order and run the country until a new constitution could be written.
Vladimir Llych Lenin seized power in November 1917. He insisted on ending Russias involvement in the war. One of his first acts was to offer Germany a truce. In march 1918, Germany and Russia signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended the war between them. I hope this helped a little!
The Czar rule in Russia lasted nearly 300 years. The first Czar was put into power in 1613 and the last Russian Czar ended his reign in 1917.
the bolsheviks seized power
October Revolution 1917, Palace Revolution.
It was the Bolsheviks.
The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin.
The Bolshevik force seized the winter palace
The Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917 saw the Bolsheviks seize the main power base in Russia. They staged an armed insurrection in Petrograd and succeeded in establishing themselves as the new governing power.
Czar Nicholas II was murdered on the night of July 16/17, 1918, by members of the Bolsheviks who had seized power in Russia in the October Revolution in 1917.
1917
After Vladimir Lenin seized control of Russia in 1917, the nation turned to communist values. The government took all the land from private ownership and put it work as a government entity.
The Bolshevik Party, later on re-named the Communist Party, seized power in October 1917 (Russian calendar) and became the ruling force.
In November 1917 the Bolshevists, headed by Lenin, seized power in Russia. This led to civil war in Russia, and the West intervened in an attempt to oust the Communists. All western countries were anti-Communist in the inter-war period.
The tzar's were nobles up until 1917 that held the power in Russia.