Russian Provisional Government

Russian Provisional Government
Временное правительство России (Russian)
1917
Anthem: 
Рабочая Марсельеза
Rabočaja Marseĺeza

"Worker's Marseillaise"
Гимн Свободной России
Gimn Svobodnoj Rossii

"Anthem of Free Russia" (unofficial)
Governmental seal:
StatusProvisional government
CapitalPetrograd
Common languagesRussian
Demonym(s)Russian
Minister-Chairman 
• Mar-Jul 1917
Georgy Lvov
• Jul-Sep 1917
Alexander Kerensky
LegislatureProvisional Council
Historical eraWorld War I
8–16 March 1917
10–13 September 1917
• Republic proclaimed
14 September 1917
CurrencyRuble
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Russian Empire
Russian Republic
Today part ofRussia
Russian Provisional Government

9th Cabinet of Russia
Date formed2 March [15 March, N.S.] 1917
Date dissolvedOctober [November, N.S] 1917
People and organisations
Head of stateAlexis II (unproclaimed)

Michael II (conditionally)

Georgy Lvov (de facto)
Head of governmentGeorgy Lvov
Member partiesProgressive Bloc
Socialist-Revolutionaries
Mensheviks
Popular Socialists
Status in legislatureCoalition
Opposition cabinetExecutive Committee
of Petrograd Soviet
Opposition partiesBolsheviks
Left Socialist-Revolutionaries
Opposition leaderNikolay Chkheidze
History
Incoming formationGolitsyn
Outgoing formationKerensky I
PredecessorNikolay Golitsyn
SuccessorAlexander Kerensky
Nine members of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma in March 1917. From left to right:
Seated: V. N. Lvov, V. A. Rzhevsky, S. I. Shidlovsky, and M. V. Rodzianko (chairman);
Standing: V. V. Shulgin, B. A. Engelhardt, A. F. Kerensky, and M. A. Karaulov.

The Russian Provisional Government[a] was a provisional government of the Russian Empire and Russian Republic, announced two days before and established immediately after the abdication of Nicholas II on 2 March, O.S. [15 March 1917, N.S.], during the February Revolution.[1] The intention of the provisional government was the organization of elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly and its convention. The provisional government, led first by Prince Georgy Lvov and then by Alexander Kerensky, lasted approximately eight months, and ceased to exist when the Bolsheviks gained power in the October Revolution in October [November, N.S.] 1917.

According to Harold Whitmore Williams, the history of the eight months during which Russia was ruled by the Provisional Government was the history of the steady and systematic disorganization of the army.[2] The Provisional Government was a caretaker government, with its political system and the status of the monarchy remaining unresolved until the election of the Constituent Assembly.[3] This was finally clarified on 1 September [14 September, N.S.], when the Russian Republic was proclaimed, in a decree signed by Kerensky as Minister-President and Zarudny as Minister of Justice.[4]


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  1. ^ "Announcement of the First Provisional Government, 13 March 1917". FirstWorldWar.com. 2002-12-29. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  2. ^ Harold Whitmore Williams (1919) The Spirit of the Russian Revolution, p. 14, 15. Russian Liberation Committee, no. 9, 173 Fleet Street. London
  3. ^ Beevor, Antony (2022). Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917–1921. Penguin. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-593-49388-5.
  4. ^ The Russian Republic Proclaimed at prlib.ru, accessed 12 June 2017