The Russian Provisional Government (Russian: Временное правительство России, translit. Vremennoye pravitel'stvo Rossii) was a provisional government of the Russian Republic immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II (March 15, 1917). The government replaced the institution of the Council of Ministers of Russian Empire, members of which after the February Revolution presided in the Chief Office of Admiralty. The intention of the provisional government was the organization of elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly and its convention. The government consisted of two composition at first as the Cadet coalition led by Prince Georgy L'vov and later as the Socialist coalition led by Alexander Kerensky. Due to the ongoing war, several separatist movements, and other political strikes the organization has been continuously postponed.
On September 14, the country's legislation, State Duma of the Russian Empire, was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate and the country was officially declared the Russian Republic (Russian: Российская республика, translit. Rossiyskaya respublika), even though the state status as such occurred with the fall of monarchy (Tsar's abdication). The provisional government lasted approximately eight months, and ceased to exist when the Bolsheviks took over after the October Revolution (or November 1917, depending on Calendar Dating Styles).
Read more about Russian Provisional Government: Overview, Formation and Initial Composition, July Crisis and Second Coalition Government, Third Coalition, Legislative Policies and Problems, Democratization, Kornilov Affair, The October Revolution
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