They assumed power in 1917 and they had total control by 1921.
Opposition to absolute monarchy.
Judging from your question, I assume you mean the 1917 October revolution. If so, Russia was on the brink of total revolution because of the unfair treatment of the workers and peasants by the Tsarist Autocracy. The Tsars had full power and there were no laws or codes that even slightly hindered their power. This was intensified when Russia lost the Russo-Japanese war of 1905, and finally culminated into the October Revolution, which overthrew the Autocracy and ushered the Bolsheviks into power.
Germany killed or wounded many russian soldiers, and people suffered food and fuel shortages
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Russia
Blood-Stained Russia - 1917 was released on: USA: 9 December 1917
Russia. In 1917, Russia exited the war.
The ruler of Russia in 1916 was Saint Nicholas II. Saint Nicholas II ruled Russia from 1894 to 1917. He was overthrown in 1917 and promptly executed.
Darkest Russia - 1917 was released on: USA: 23 April 1917 Portugal: 3 June 1919
Vladimir Lenin was the first communist dictator of Russia after the 1917 revolution.
The Bolsheviks were a faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party led by Vladimir Lenin. They believed in a revolutionary overthrow of the Tsarist autocracy in Russia and the establishment of a socialist state. The Bolsheviks ultimately seized power in the October Revolution of 1917 and formed the Soviet government.