The rebellious students wanted to seize the city telephone exchange , Peter and Paul Fortress , Smolny and arrest Arrest the Soviet government together with the Bolshevik leaders .

Despite this , Vladimir Lenin regarded the left-wing opposition Judgment_communication as the most threatening the Bolshevik regime faced Confronting_problem .

Bolshevik Red Guards forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began Process_start the occupation of government buildings on 7 November 1917 ( New Style ) .

The abolition of the death Death penalty was another contributing Giving factor , as was the high presence of revolutionary Change_of_leadership agitators at the front including Bolshevik agitators , who promoted Cause_to_make_progress a defeatist agenda ( and whom Kerensky tolerated considerably more than conservative agitators ) .

The Russian provisional government was greatly weakened Cause_change_of_strength by this military catastrophe , and the possibility of a Bolshevik coup d'état became Becoming increasingly real .

Overthrow Change_of_leadership of the new Bolshevik regime was an additional , covert motivation .

After the Bolshevik government withdrew Escaping from World War Military_operation I , the Allied Powers openly backed the anti-communist White forces in Russia .