Question

why did Kerensky's provincial government fail

Answer 1

The majority of Government soldiers did nothing to halt the Bolsheviks. On October 21st and 22nd the MRC asserted its authority over the Petrograd garrison and within two days Government troops were persuaded to give up key positions, due to this fact Kerensky's power simply melted away. Lenin Called for even more deceive action and so on the night of the 24th-25th October Trotsky, Lenin's greatest ally, had organised the occupation of telephone exchange, the railway stations and the post office. On October 26th Bolsheviks troops stormed the winter palace, where the Provisional Government was in session. The Bolsheviks had overthrown the Provisional Government and seized power. So as we can see it was not only the actions of the Provisional Government and its leaders but also the actions of the Bolsheviks which lead to the eventual failure of the Provisional Government. Background flags are in chronological order, on page one, we have the Imperial Russian Flag used from 1858-1883 On page 2 is the Imperial flag used from 1883-1917 and now used as the Russian flag once more. And finally above we have the flag of the USSR, used between 1917 and 1991.