Factory workers protested wanting money and food. Nicholas dissolved t1he Duma and the Provisional Government was formed.
Russia Pre-Revolution
Bolshevik soldiers took over bridges overnight. Eventually they forced the Provisional Government to surrender.
Civil War
 People took to the streets to attempt to up the payment for workers. Protests increased when servants were called into the army and food supply was reduced.
War Communism and the Red Terror
Servants and some middle class workers found jobs on farms. But these jobs supplied little pay for long hours of physical labor.
The Red Army and the White army fought over communism. Red was communist and white was non communist.  Along with this a green army of peasants joined attempting to keep red and white soldiers away.
“Enemies” were taken to prion but were not allowed to be executed. But 300,000 people were executed leading to Lenin being ordering to be killed.