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What allowed the Bolsheviks to overthrow the Provisional Government in Russia and seize power in 1917?

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The Bolsheviks seized the Winter Palace and arrested the government officials.

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In Russia, the Bolshevik became popular among the peasants and working class because he wanted to redistribute land among the peasants to reform the agricultural sector. Bolsheviks were part of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party, which had a different ideology based on Karl Marx and believed in revolution. The Bolsheviks came to power in Russia in 1917 after the overthrow of the Provisional government and the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II.

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