Russian Provisional Government
The Russian Provisional Government (Russian: Временное правительство России, tr. Vremennoye pravitel'stvo Rossii) was a provisional government of Russia created after the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the Russian Empire on 2 March [15 March, New Style] 1917.[1][2] The purpose of the provisional government was the creation of elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly and its convention.
| Russian Provisional Government | |
|---|---|
| 50px 9th of Russia | |
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| Date formed | 2 March [15 March, N.S.] 1917 |
| Date dissolved | October [November, N.S] 1917 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Alexis II (unproclaimed) Michael II (conditionally) |
| Head of government | Georgy Lvov |
| Member parties | Progressive Bloc Socialist-Revolutionaries Mensheviks Popular Socialists |
| Status in legislature | Coalition |
| Opposition cabinet | Executive Committee of Petrograd Soviet |
| Opposition parties | Bolsheviks Left Socialist-Revolutionaries |
| Opposition leader | Nikolay Chkheidze |
| History | |
| Incoming formation | Golitsyn |
| Outgoing formation | Kerensky I |
| Predecessor | Nikolay Golitsyn |
| Successor | Alexander Kerensky |
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The government lasted only eight months and caused a "disorganized army".[3]
Russian Provisional Government Media
- Vremenniy komitet gozdumy 1917.jpg
Nine members of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma in March 1917. From left to right: Seated: V. N. Lvov, V. A. Rzhevsky, S. I. Shidlovsky, and M. V. Rodzianko (chairman); Standing: V. V. Shulgin, B. A. Engelhardt, A. F. Kerensky, and M. A. Karaulov.
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Third Russian Provisional Government
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Mikhail Rodzianko
- Georgy Lvov 1917.jpg
Georgy Lvov as Prime Minister in March 1917
- Александр Иванович Гучков - Finnish Heritage Agency (JOKAOT4SK1917 19-8) (cropped).jpg
Alexander Guchkov - Finnish Heritage Agency
- Pavel Miliukov 1917.jpg
Pavel Miliukov
- Karenskiy AF 1917.jpg
Alexander Kerensky in 1917
- Lavr Kornilov Moscow 1917.jpg
Lavr Kornilov in Moscow c. 1917
References
- ↑ Manifest of abdication (in Russian)
- ↑ "Announcement of the First Provisional Government, 13 March 1917". FirstWorldWar.com. 2002-12-29. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ↑ Harold Whitmore Williams (1919) The Spirit of the Russian Revolution, p. 14, 15. Russian Liberation Committee, no. 9, 173 Fleet Street. London
