Historiography

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Okay, lovely, that sounds about right. I did make up those questions as examples though!

I'm so sorry for the bombardment of questions but my teacher's been away on holiday during the..holidays..so I've been a bit in the dark.

While I'm at it, I've been having a bit of a pickle over a question which I can't remember specifically but I think it was from the 2011 exam, something along the lines of 'How did the dual authority contribute to a revolutionary situation?' I really struggle with the October Revolution for some reason.
Anyway, how you you all go about answering this question?
I would have structured it something like this:
P1) The dual authority resulted in a shared authority, with the Soviets retaining effective military control due to Soviet Order No 1, which was significant when the Bolsheviks gained a majority in September 1917.
P2) For historians who view October 1917 as a popular revolution, the dual authority allowed the Bolsheviks to exploit the Provisional Government's lack of popular mandate i.e April Theses- Lenin referring to P. G as 'Parliamentary Bourgeois', which led to incipient discontent among the urban workers i.e October Days
P3) For historians who view October as an elitist coup, the Dual Authority provided justification for the Bolshevik takeover - 'All Power to the Soviets!'

However, the examiner's report said that answers focuses too much on the Bolsheviks, which I suspect I am doing and it said that 'successful answers mentioned the changing relationship of the dual authority.' What is this 'changing relationship'? I know that the Soviets relinquished support of the Provisional Government following the Provisional Government's continued support of WWI but is there any specific event that reflects this/ evidence? Also, how is this of significance because the Bolsheviks ended up infiltrating the Soviets, if you will, anyway?

Thank you so much, lovely historians- I struggle with Russia so!