Did Lenin deserve full credit for 1918 revolution

• LOA - No - orchestrated with the instruments he was left with

  • Without socioeconomic disparities and failures of the provisional government he would’ve little to manipulate
• A revolution depicts a violent unconstitutional overthrowing of a government

  • October 1918 was a coup as Bolsheviks faced little resistance as the exhausted Petrograd people handed over telephone lines and power stations
• Lenins wit and speaking skills allowed for Bolsheviks membership to reach 250k he wasnt alone