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Why Summer Never Came to Russia.  

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Why Summer Never Came to Russia:->During the early part of the twentieth century, many reforms and revolutions took place in Russia, which climaxed in the two revolutions of 1917, after a failed revolution in 1905. The first in March saw the abdication of the tsar, Nicolas II, and the hasty construction of the Provisional Government formed to restore some order in Russia. The members of this government were chosen out of the Duma, the old governmental assembly in Russia, and other upper class conservatives. None of the officials chosen had any links or ties with the proletariat (the working classes). This Provisional Government was short-lived and was replaced by the Bolsheviks by November of that same year, due to the Bolshevik's popular support in the urban centres and army and good leadership. The Bolsheviks exploited the deteriorating situation and shifted the balance of power away from the Provisional Government,...

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