They had no widespread political support.
他們沒有廣泛的政治支持
Their only two advantages were control of the Petrograd Soviet, and as always Vladimir Lenin's mad leadership skills.
他們所僅有的兩大優勢:一是對彼得格勒蘇維埃的控制,二是列寧一如既往的瘋狂的領導力
Unfortunately for history, the provisional government of Russia was downright inept.
對歷史來說不幸的是,俄國有個徹頭徹尾的無能臨時政府
Just how did a handful of zealots based in St. Petersburg get their hands on nearly the entirety of the former Russian empire?
那么一群彼得斯堡的狂熱者是如何得到幾乎整個前俄羅斯帝國的呢
Segment 21b. "Democracy Fails".
21段第二部分 “民主失敗”
On March 15, 1917, Tsar Nicolas II abdicated the Russian throne to the next in line, his younger brother, Grand Duke Mikhail.
在1917年3月15日沙皇尼古拉二世從他的俄羅斯寶座上退位,欲讓弟弟大公米哈伊爾繼承王位

When Mikhail refused to accept the throne this marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and of the Russian Empire.
但米哈伊爾拒絕接受王位,這標志著羅曼諾夫王朝和俄羅斯帝國的終結
Later that month Nicolas II was arrested and imprisoned with his family at their palace at Tsarskoe Selo, southeast of Petrograd.
就在這個月的幾天后,尼古拉斯二世被逮捕并與家人一起被囚禁在彼得格勒東南部的沙皇別墅的宮殿
The entire family was ultimately departed to Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains.
整個家庭最終離開了烏拉爾山的葉卡捷琳堡
On July 17, 1918, the entire former royal family was executed by order of Lenin.
1918年7月17日,整個前王室被列寧下令處決
As rumor had it the youngest daughter, Anastasia, somehow survived.
有傳聞說最小的女兒阿納斯塔西婭不知何故最后存活了下來
In fact, the so-called Anastasia was actually a middle-class Polish woman who merely thought she was Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia.
而實際上,這位所謂的阿納斯塔西婭只是一位波蘭中產階級婦女,她以為自己俄羅斯帝國的阿納斯塔西婭女大公