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Russian Provisional Government
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Announcement of its formationBelow is the public announcement of the formation of the Provisional Government, the text of which was published in Izvestia 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 Palace and fled to Pskov, 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 Pulkovo. Kerensky spent the next few weeks in hiding before fleeing the country.
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Announcement of its formationBelow is the public announcement of the formation of the Provisional Government, the text of which was published in Izvestia 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 Palace and fled to Pskov, 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 Pulkovo. 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.”
Riasanovsky 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
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- Kerensky, Alexander. . 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, Nicholas. A History of Russia (sixth edition). New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Trotsky, Leon. . New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1937 (1924).
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