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Provisional Council of the Russian Republic Временный совет Российской республики (Russian) | |
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Legislative body in the Russian Republic | |
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Type | |
History | |
Established | 1917 |
Disbanded | 1917 |
Preceded by | State Duma |
Succeeded by | Russian Constituent Assembly |
Seats | 313 members 555 members |
Meeting place | |
Tauride Palace, Petrograd |
Provisional Council of the Russian Republic (Russian: Временный совет Российской республики, (also known as Pre-parliament) was a legislative assembly of the Russian Republic. It convened at the Marinsky Palace on October 20, 1917, but was dissolved by the Bolsheviks on November, 7/8, 1917. It was headed by a presidium of five members with Nikolay Avksentiev (Social-Revolutionary) as president.