The tsarist autocracy was replaced by the Russian Provisional Government , which intended to conduct elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly and to continue fighting on the side of the Entente in World War I . At the same time , workers ' councils , known in Russian as `` Soviets '' , sprang up across the country .
The tsarist autocracy was replaced by the `` Provisional Government '' , whose leaders intended to have elections to Russian Constituent Assembly and to continue war on the side of the Entente in World War I . At the same time , workers ' councils , known as Soviets , sprang up across the country .