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Bolsheviks had refused to take part in the provisional government from the beginning, and their control of the Petrograd Soviet was a sticking point for the government’s ability to do much of anything. On October 24th things came to a head. Lenin and Trotsky’s forces seized control of Petrograd, proclaiming themselves as the new government.
