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After the March revolution and the Tsar's resignation, why did the Provisional Government last for only eight months?
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Introduction: After the March Revolution and then the Tsar's resignation, the members of the Duma reluctantly formed a middle-class Provisional Government. It planned to control Russia until suitable party elections could be set up, and it could hand over power to the party elected by the people. However, after only eight months, in the November Revolution, the Bolsheviks, under Lenin, took control from the Provisional Government. The Provisional Government that took over was created out of a mix of different people. Middle-class members of the Duma were mixed with inexperienced and angry revolutionaries. Even in the educated people from the Duma, there were extreme divisions; people from different parties wanted different things, and this affected the Provisional Government's ability to make decisions and act on them quickly. This made the Provisional Government weak and divided. The Russian people were worried about the Provisional Government - it hadn't been elected by the people, and...
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