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Russian Provisional Government


 
 
Announcement of its formationBelow is the public announcement of the formation of the Provisional Government, the text of which was published in IzvestiaIzvestia

Izvestia functioned as a long-running high-circulation daily newspaper in the Soviet Union....
the day after its formation.
Prime Ministers of the Provisional Government
The October Revolution
The Provisional Government was deposed as a result of the October Revolution. Kerensky escaped the Bolsheviks in their capture of the Winter PalaceWinter Palace

Located between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, the Winter Palace in St....
 and fled to PskovPskov

Pskov is an ancient city, located in the north-west of Russia about 20 km east from the Estonian border, on the river V...
, where he rallied some loyal troops for an attempt to retake the capital. His troops managed to capture Tsarskoe Selo but were beaten the next day at PulkovoPulkovo

*Pulkovo Airport, airport outside St Petersburg, Russia....
. Kerensky spent the next few weeks in hiding before fleeing the country.






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1917   March 17 (N.S.) (March 4, O.S.) - Grand Duke Michael refuses the throne and power in Russia passes to the newly-formed Provisional Government under Prince Georgy Lvov.

1917   July 20 (N.S.) (July 7, O.S.) - Alexander Kerensky becomes premier of the Russian Provisional Government, replacing Prince Georgy Lvov.






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Announcement of its formation

Below is the public announcement of the formation of the Provisional Government, the text of which was published in IzvestiaIzvestia

Izvestia functioned as a long-running high-circulation daily newspaper in the Soviet Union....
the day after its formation.

Prime Ministers of the Provisional Government

  • Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich L'vovGeorgy L'vov

    Knyaz Georgy Yevgenyevich L'vov was a Russian statesman and the first post-imperial prime minister of Russia, from Mar...
  • Alexander KerenskyAlexander Kerensky

    Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky was a Russian revolutionary leader who was instrumental in toppling the Russian monarchy....


The October Revolution


The Provisional Government was deposed as a result of the October Revolution. Kerensky escaped the Bolsheviks in their capture of the Winter PalaceWinter Palace

Located between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, the Winter Palace in St....
 and fled to PskovPskov

Pskov is an ancient city, located in the north-west of Russia about 20 km east from the Estonian border, on the river V...
, where he rallied some loyal troops for an attempt to retake the capital. His troops managed to capture Tsarskoe Selo but were beaten the next day at PulkovoPulkovo

*Pulkovo Airport, airport outside St Petersburg, Russia....
. Kerensky spent the next few weeks in hiding before fleeing the country. He went into exile in France.

Some historians, such as Pavel Osinsky, argue that the October Revolution was as much a function of the failures of the Provisional Government as it was of the strength of the Bolsheviks. Osinsky described this as “socialism by default” as opposed to “socialism by design.”

RiasanovskyNicholas V. Riasanovsky

Nicholas V. Riasanovsky is a professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of numerous books...
 argued that the Provisional Government made perhaps its "worst mistake" by not holding elections to the Constituent Assembly soon enough. They wasted time fine-tuning details of the election law, while Russia slipped further into anarchy and economic chaos. By the time the Assembly finally met, argued Riasanovsky, "the Bolsheviks had already gained control of Russia."

See also

  • List of leaders of RussiaList of leaders of Russia

    Leaders of Russia are political heads of state whom are not immediate members of the Russian Imperial family....
  • Alexey PeshekhonovAlexey Peshekhonov

    Alexey Vasilyevich Peshekhonov was a Russian economist, publicist, and statistician....


Additional reading


  • Kerensky, AlexanderAlexander Kerensky

    Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky was a Russian revolutionary leader who was instrumental in toppling the Russian monarchy....
    . . New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927.
  • Medvedev, Roi. The October Revolution. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979.
  • Reed, John. . New York: Boni & Liveright, 1919.
  • Riasanovsky, NicholasNicholas V. Riasanovsky

    Nicholas V. Riasanovsky is a professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of numerous books...
    . A History of Russia (sixth edition). New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
  • Trotsky, LeonLeon Trotsky

    Leon Davidovich Trotsky , born Lev Davidovich Bronstein , was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist....
    . . New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1937 (1924).