Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government

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The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government was the governmental body responsible for legal affairs and the judicial system in Russia during the brief rule of the Provisional Government in 1917.

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instanceOf government ministry
justice ministry
aimedTo democratize the judicial system
reform tsarist legal institutions
appliesToJurisdiction Russia
continent Asia
Europe
country Russian Provisional Government
dissolvedFollowing Russian Revolution
surface form: October Revolution
endTime November 1917
followedBy People's Commissariat for Justice
surface form: People's Commissariat of Justice of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
governmentBranch executive branch
governmentTypeContext transitional government
hasMinister Alexander Kerensky
Alexander Zarudny
Pavel Pereverzev
headquartersLocation Leningrad
surface form: Petrograd
historicalPeriod Russian Provisional Government
surface form: Provisional Government period of 1917
historicalRegion Russian Empire territory
jurisdiction Russian Provisional Government
surface form: Russian Republic
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
legalSystem civil law
locatedIn Leningrad
surface form: Petrograd
operatedDuring Russian Revolution
surface form: 1917 Russian Revolution
oversaw judges
prison administration
prosecutors
partOf Russian Provisional Government
reasonForAbolition Bolshevik seizure of power
replaces Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire
responsibleFor courts administration
judicial system
legal affairs
legal reforms
penal policy
prosecution system
shortName Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ministry of Justice (Provisional Government)
startTime March 1917
status defunct
subordinateTo Russian Provisional Government
timePeriod World War I
late Russian Empire
usedCalendarContext Julian calendar (Old Style) dates in official acts

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Council of Ministers hasPart Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government
Alexander Kerensky positionHeld Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government
this entity surface form: Minister of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government
Council of Ministers of the Russian Provisional Government hasPart Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government
Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Provisional Government coordinatesWith Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government
Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government shortName Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ministry of Justice (Provisional Government)