Is there a way that the February Revolution could result in an early Russian Civil War?

Appo

Appo

In early 1917, the February Revolution led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. However, I've recently been wondering if there is any way that this revolution could have became an early civil war in Russia on the scale of OTL's Russian Civil War.
 
Salvador79

Salvador79

Well, it Kind of did, didn't it. Indirectly.

If you mean a Civil war where loyal tsarists fight Prince Lvov... Well, you'd need an earlier PoD at least. In 1917, chances are slim. And it would be suppressed like Kornilov's Coup was.
 

David T

Not immediately. The Right had too little support among the people, including the lower ranks of the Army; while the Left was still in the mood to compromise with the bourgeoisie--even the Bolsheviks had waverings toward "defensism" on the war and conditional support of the Provisional Government until Lenin's arrival. And even Lenin's "April Theses" did not call for an immediate seizure of power by the soviets (where after all the Bolsheviks were still heavily outnumbered).
 

David T

Seandineen said:
Perhaps The Poles and Finns could stir up a ruckus.
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The Poles were under German occupation (one reason it was so easy for the PG to recognize the independence of Poland). As for Finland, the Social Democrats there were at first content with forming a coalition with the bourgeois parties.
 
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