The October Revolution was the second part of the Russian Revolution and the result was a communist state. This revolution, the first Marxist communist revolution of the twentieth century, was led by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik party. The Bolshevik Revolution was caused by the initial weaknesses of the Provisional Government and the sudden rise of Bolshevik power. Therefore, the Bolshevik Revolution was both Lenin's success and Kerensky's failure.
Although the Provisional Government was welcomed with open arms, it still had little support. …
