What kind of government did Russia during the eight months between February and October of 1917? Select one:
a. a joint government in which the Provisional Government handled politics and the Petrograd Soviets handled the economy
b. no government, since Lenin and Stalin were in charge of establishing a provisional government during this period
c. a purely democratize government run by the Bolsheviks and protected by the Red Army
d. a government controlled by the tsar who had enough control of the army's military leaders to hold onto power