sep 25, 1917 - Bolsheviks hold a voting majority in Petrograd Soviet Leon Trotsky elected chairman

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- Positive for the Bolsheviks
- Able to present themselves as saviors of Petrograd
- Weakened Provisional Government
- Bolsheviks had more support than the Provisional Government

- They gained more members after Trotsky was elected Chairman
- Leon Trotsky is a famous revolutionary and communist
- Took control of the MRC
- Led to the Febuary Revolution

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