pag.). The liberals controlled the Provisional Government and shared some of the power to the moderate socialists (Merriman & Winter, n. pag.). In February 1917, the Bolshevik Political Party is very small and uninfluential (Darby, n. pag.). The new Provisional Government struggled to please the needs of workers and soldiers. The demand for Soviet power rose (Merriman & Winter, n. pag.). The soldiers were mainly peasants. They wanted to be treated better and for some top officials to be fired (Darby, n. pag.). Revolutionary Lenin returns from exile in January 1900. He travels to start a newspaper that shared ideas on Marxism (Marrin, n. pag.). Lenin’s return brought order and organization to the Bolshevik revolution (Marrin, n. pag.). The Kornilov affair was General Kornilov’s attempt to disperse the demonstrations using troops (Thatcher, n. pag.). The Kornilov affair was the turning point of the Revolution (Darby, n. pag.).
Distaste toward the government in place grows and calls for a socialist government (Merriman & Winter, n. pag.). The Bolsheviks lead the