reverted insurgency is completely improper in this context provisional government was something very weak it was hit from both sides monarchists and bolsheviks what bolsheviks did in october was it all respects similar to a palace coup they simply beheaded the state concerning the formal applicability you are advised to know that before the october there country was in the state of so called double power dvoevlastie upper echelon was provisionary government local power mostly in the hands of soviets and the majority in soviets were mensheviks by the way and this is a traditionally used term although criticized so please stop playing semantic games mikka t