Why did it take an entire day for the Bolsheviks to capture the Winter Palace ........

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Why did it take an entire day for the Bolsheviks to capture the Winter Palace?

Neither side was eager to fire on the other, so they negotiated for hours

The palace was heavily guarded, and it took a long time to overcome all resistance

The palace has hundreds of rooms, and it took the Bolsheviks a long time to find where the provisional government was hiding

Lenin hesitated to give the order for his troops to enter the building

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Explanation:

With Leon Trotsky as head of the Petrograd soviet, the Bolsheviks were in a position to claim power in the name of the soviets. During the night of November 6, Bolshevik forces seized the Winter Palace, the seat of the provisional government. ... This was largely due to the organizational genius of Leon Trotsky.