Georgy Lvov | |
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Георгий Львов | |
Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government (Prime Minister of Russia) | |
In office 15 March 1917 – 20 July 1917 | |
Preceded by | Nikolai Golitsyn Nicholas II (As Emperor of Russia) |
Succeeded by | Alexander Kerensky |
Minister of Interior | |
In office 15 March 1917 – 20 July 1917 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Alexander Protopopov |
Succeeded by | Nikolai Avksentiev |
8th Prime Minister of Russia | |
In office 15 March 1917 – 20 July 1917 | |
Monarch | Vacant |
Preceded by | Nikolai Golitsyn |
Succeeded by | Alexander Kerensky |
Personal details | |
Born | Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov 2 November 1861 Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony |
Died | 7 March 1925 Paris, France | (aged 63)
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | Constitutional Democratic (1905 – 1911) Progressive (since 1911) |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Profession | Politician |
Religion | Russian 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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