Russian Provisional Government

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The Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived transitional authority that ruled Russia after the February Revolution of 1917, attempting to establish a liberal democracy before being overthrown by the Bolsheviks.

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instanceOf government of Russia
provisional government
transitional authority
aimedTo establish liberal democracy in Russia
alsoKnownAs Provisional Government of Russia
capital Petrograd
coexistedWith Petrograd Soviet
country Russia
dissolvedBy Bolshevik seizure of power
October Revolution
linked to: Russian Revolution
endTime 1917-11-07
executiveBody Council of Ministers
firstHeadOfGovernment Georgy Lvov
followed Russian Empire
formedAfter February Revolution
linked to: Russian Revolution

abdication of Nicholas II
governmentType provisional liberal coalition
headOfGovernment Alexander Kerensky
Georgy Lvov
historicalPeriod Russian Revolution of 1917
linked to: Russian Revolution
includedParty Constitutional Democratic Party
Mensheviks
Socialist Revolutionary Party
issued declaration of civil liberties
keyEvent April Crisis of 1917
July Days
Kornilov Affair
language Russian
lastHeadOfGovernment Alexander Kerensky
legalForm coalition government
legislativeBody none (ruled by decree)
opposedBy Bolsheviks
Petrograd Soviet
radical socialists
organized elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly
partOf World War I home front in the Russian Empire
policy amnesty for political prisoners
preparation for Constituent Assembly elections
politicalIdeology constitutional democracy
liberalism
republicanism
positionOnWorldWarI continued participation in World War I
recognizedBy Allied Powers
replacedBy Bolshevik government
Council of People's Commissars
significantPlace Tauride Palace
startTime 1917-03-15
supportedBy Constitutional Democratic Party
liberals

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House of Romanov deposedBy Russian Provisional Government
Russian Empire followedBy Russian Republic
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Russian Provisional Government alsoKnownAs Provisional Government of Russia
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Russian SFSR predecessor Russian Republic
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Russian Revolution opposedTo Russian Provisional Government
Vladimir Lenin opposed Provisional Government of Russia
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Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) overthrew Russian Provisional Government
Council of People's Commissars precededBy Russian Provisional Government
guberniya usedIn Russian Republic (1917)
subject linked to: guberniyas (governorates)
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October: Ten Days That Shook the World portrays Provisional Government
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October: Ten Days That Shook the World portraysOrganization Russian Provisional Government
Kolchak government claimsToBe All-Russian Government
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Kolchak government precededBy Provisional All-Russian Government
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Siberian Army follows Provisional All-Russian Government
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Council of Ministers country Russian Provisional Government
Council of Ministers partOf Russian Provisional Government
Council of Ministers legislativeBody Russian Provisional Government
Council of Ministers parentOrganization Russian Provisional Government
Council of Ministers jurisdiction Russian Republic
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Council of Ministers subordinateTo Russian Provisional Government
Council of Ministers alsoKnownAs Cabinet of the Russian Provisional Government
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July Days hasCountry Russian Republic
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July Days hasParticipant Russian Provisional Government
Mensheviks supported Provisional Government of Russia
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Kornilov Affair location Russian Republic
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Kornilov Affair hasParticipant Russian Provisional Government
Kornilov Affair opponent Russian Provisional Government
Tauride Palace usedBy Russian Provisional Government
Tauride Palace housed Russian Provisional Government
Constitutional Democratic Party influenced Russian Provisional Government
Storming of the Winter Palace hasParticipant Russian Provisional Government
Storming of the Winter Palace country Russian Republic
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Petrograd Soviet opposedTo Russian Provisional Government
Socialist Revolutionary Party participatedIn Provisional Government of Russia
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April Crisis of 1917 mainSubject Russian Provisional Government
April Crisis of 1917 participant Russian Provisional Government
April Theses opposed Russian Provisional Government
History of the Russian Revolution subject Provisional Government of Russia
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Czechoslovak Legion supportedBy Russia (Provisional Government)
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Lavr Kornilov opponent Russian Provisional Government
Georgy Lvov headOfGovernment Russian Provisional Government
Alexander Kerensky movement Russian Provisional Government
Imperial Court of Russia abolishedBy Provisional Government of Russia
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Abdication of Nicholas II participant Russian Provisional Government
subject linked to: abdication of Nicholas II
Aleksey Brusilov allegiance Russian Provisional Government
Red Guards opposedTo Provisional Government of Russia
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Holy Passion-Bearer Tsar Nicholas succeededBy Russian Provisional Government
Trubetskoy Bastion Prison operator Provisional Government of Russia
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Trubetskoy Bastion Prison usedByRegime Provisional Government
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Russian Empire followedBy Russian Republic
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