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Provisional government: parliament created after the czar abdicates. Most are political liberals, intellectuals who believed that russia was moving towards a parliamentary democracy. Universal suffrage (men get to vote), 8 hour work days, civic equality exists. Industrial groups/ soldiers form the petrograd soviet (workers council to articulate their issues). Revolutionaries in exile start to come back, they assume leading positions in the petrograd soviet. The radicals become the brains of the revolution. Petrograd becomes the rival of the conservative provisional government. Different political groups form within the petrograd soviet. Vladimir lenin: returned to russia after 20 years (after spending his time in switzerland), comes from a long line of revolutionaries/ activist revolutionaries. Wants to create working class revolution in russia, born from a middle class family, studies law. Marx is critical of the industrial revolution. Had to leave his job (as a journalist) because he speaks against the government. His stay in paris is the pivotal moment in his life.
