Georgy Lvov

Georgy Lvov
Георгий Львов
Georgy Lvov as Prime Minister in March 1917
Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government (Prime Minister of Russia)
In office
15 March 1917 – 20 July 1917
Preceded byNikolai Golitsyn

Nicholas II
(As Emperor of Russia)
Succeeded byAlexander Kerensky
Minister of Interior
In office
15 March 1917 – 20 July 1917
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byAlexander Protopopov
Succeeded byNikolai Avksentiev
8th Prime Minister of Russia
In office
15 March 1917 – 20 July 1917
MonarchVacant
Preceded byNikolai Golitsyn
Succeeded byAlexander Kerensky
Personal details
Born
Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov

2 November 1861
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Died7 March 1925 (1925-03-08) (aged 63)
Paris, France
NationalityRussian
Political partyConstitutional Democratic (1905 – 1911)
Progressive (since 1911)
Alma materMoscow State University
ProfessionPolitician
ReligionRussian Orthodoxy

Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov[a] (2 November [O.S. 21 October] 1861 – 7/8 March 1925) was a Russian aristocrat, statesman and the first prime minister of the Russian Republic from 15 March to 20 July 1917. As Russia's de facto head of state, he led the Provisional Government after the February Revolution led to the abolition of the Russian monarchy.

A member of the Lvov princely family, Lvov was born in Dresden, Germany, and gained national fame for his relief work in the Russian Far East during the Russo-Japanese War. In 1906, he was elected to the First Duma as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party. After the February Revolution, Lvov was made head of the Provisional Government and oversaw a number of liberal reforms. A series of political crises ultimately brought down his government, and in July 1917 he resigned as prime minister and was succeeded by his war minister, Alexander Kerensky. After the October Revolution, Lvov was arrested by the Bolsheviks, but later escaped to France by way of the United States. He settled in Paris and died in 1925.
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