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Why were the bolsheviks able to ride the russian revolution to power?

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-People annoyed with provisional govt.
-Their message was to end war, land for peasants, workers control of factories, self determination for non-Russians
-Bolsheviks seized power in an overnight coup
-Defeated their enemies in a 3 year civil war
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