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Kerenski's supposedly stumbled on a secret plan to overthrow the government in Aug 1917 by the Bolshiviks. The plotters included Vladimir Lennin and Leon Trotsky and Kerenski had them both shot for treason. This was followed by hundreds of arrests. Assuming this wasn't something Kerenski cooked up to prop up his government up at a weak moment what would have happened if they mounted a successful coup? Would the government pulled out of the war at the same time the Americans were coming in? What would the Bolshiviks policies have been? Would Russia be the reasonably prosperous, social democratic country it is today?
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