[rxh4n1]

The Russians got knocked out of WWI when the Bolsheviks seized power from Tsar Nicholas II.

Not quite. The Bolsheviks seized power from the provisional government.

[cornfedcowboy]

He might just win the coup without going to Moscow. Much of the Russian military is already deployed. If the Russian commanders on the front stand down ……it’s over and a walk in the park to Moscow.

[af_vet_1981]

The Bolsheviks seized power from the provisional government.

Correct; at least one other person here knows who Alexander Kerensky was. The other thing to note; the Russian provisional government did not have nuclear weapons.