The Russian Provisional Government of 1917, really a series of unelected coalitions, briefly held power from March to November, that is between the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) and the Bolshevik Revolution led by Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924). Lacking legitimacy from the outset and without the backing of the army, the government faced a series of severe crises, not least of which was Russia's ongoing and disastrous participation in the First World War (1914-18). With rocketing inflation, strikes in the cities, and revolts in the countryside, the Provisional Government was pushed aside by the Bolsheviks, radical socialists who claimed to best represent worker and peasant interests and who promised both an immediate withdrawal from the war and democratic elections for a new Constituent Assembly.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2763/russias-provisional-government-of-1917/.