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The Revolution of 19 17 - The Provisional Government
The revolution of 19 17 is not just about what the provisional government is doing. Growing right alongside it is the petrograd soviet, who sometimes supported, sometimes criticized and sometimes outright undermined what the Provisional Government was doing. The basic idea was that while the provisional government technically wielded power, the soviet exercised a kind of preme oversight authority. And both sides were well aware of it.