In sum, the abdication of the Czar left power somewhere in the hands of
the Provisional Government and the Ispolkom, but no one knew quite where.
This confused structure not only left the new government vulnerable to
manipulation by tiny minorities claiming to speak for millions of people
who had never heard of them; it also invited strong-willed factions with
guns to try their hand at a coup d'etat. To add to these problems,
leadership fell into the hands of one Alexander Kerensky, a moderate
socialist with the foresight and resolve of Hamlet.
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