The rise of governments within governments is not an uncommon happening throughout the history of the world. However, there must always be a central power behind the uprising of a new government. In Russia, the uprising power was in the form of a man by the name of Stalin. Stalin was able to achieve total power as Chief Oligarch by working through the Bolshevik party.

The Bolshevik party had the physical power to overthrow the current provisional government, yet they were a small party. The Bolsheviks lacked a popular mandate and legitimate reason for their form of government, so not many people were followers of Bolshevism. Gradually the Bolshevik party began to grow and slowly eliminate other parties until a single dictatorship remained. The upper and middle classes were done away with, as well as the Clergy. Soon afterwards the Bolshevik's coalition partners, the Left Social Revolutionaries, resigned...