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 | |
|---|---|
 9th Cabinet 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 |
The government lasted only eight months and caused a "disorganized army".[3]
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
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