The success of the October Revolution in 1917 by the Bolsheviks was due to the combination of many different reasons. It was not solely because of the Bolsheviks' power or the weakness of the Provisional Government. But without either of these, the October Revolution would not take place at all. The following paragraphs are going to analyze the importance of the roles of the power of the Bolsheviks and the weakness of the Provisional Government from different standpoints to prove that the success was because of the combination of the two.
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