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Nikolai Avksentyev | |
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Николай Авксентьев | |
.jpg) Avksentiev in 1921 | |
| Chairman of the Provisional All-Russian Government | |
| In office September 23 – November 18, 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Volsky (as Chairman of the Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly) |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Kolchak (as Supreme Ruler of Russia) |
| Chairman of the Provisional Council of the Russian Republic | |
| In office October 3 – November 7, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Ministry of the Interior | |
| In office August 7 – September 15, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Irakli Tsereteli |
| Succeeded by | Alexei Nikitin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 28, 1878 Penza, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 4, 1943 (aged 64) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Socialist Revolutionaries (1905–1921) |
| Education | University of Heidelberg |
Nikolai Dimitrovich Avksentyev (Russian: Никола́й Дми́триевич Авксе́нтьев; 28 November 1878 – 24 March 1943) was a leading member of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party (PSR). He was one of the 'Heidelberg SRs' (a group of Russian students at the University of Heidelberg in the 1890s), like Vladimir Zenzinov. These SRs were influenced by neo-Kantian philosophy and Marxism. As Chairman of the Provisional All-Russian Government, he headed the Russian state from September 23 to November 18, 1918. He was overthrown and arrested by the Minister of War, Alexander Kolchak, who proclaimed himself the Supreme Ruler of Russia.