Russian Provisional Government

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government of Russia provisional government transitional authority

The Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived transitional authority that ruled Russia after the February Revolution of 1917, attempting to establish a liberal democracy before being overthrown by the Bolsheviks.

Aliases (8)

Russian Republic ×6
Provisional Government of Russia ×5
Provisional All-Russian Government ×2
All-Russian Government ×1
Cabinet of the Russian Provisional Government ×1
Provisional Government ×1
Russia (Provisional Government) ×1
Russian Republic (1917) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government of Russia → provisional government → transitional authority →
aimedTo	establish liberal democracy in Russia →
alsoKnownAs	Provisional Government of Russia →
capital	Petrograd →
coexistedWith	Petrograd Soviet →
country	Russia →
dissolvedBy	Bolshevik seizure of power → October Revolution →
endTime	1917-11-07 →
executiveBody	Council of Ministers →
firstHeadOfGovernment	Georgy Lvov →
followed	Russian Empire →
formedAfter	February Revolution → abdication of Nicholas II →
governmentType	provisional liberal coalition →
headOfGovernment	Alexander Kerensky → Georgy Lvov →
historicalPeriod	Russian Revolution of 1917 →
includedParty	Constitutional Democratic Party → Mensheviks → Socialist Revolutionary Party →
issued	declaration of civil liberties →
keyEvent	April Crisis of 1917 → July Days → Kornilov Affair →
language	Russian →
lastHeadOfGovernment	Alexander Kerensky →
legalForm	coalition government →
legislativeBody	none (ruled by decree) →
opposedBy	Bolsheviks → Petrograd Soviet → radical socialists →
organized	elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly →
partOf	World War I home front in the Russian Empire →
policy	amnesty for political prisoners → preparation for Constituent Assembly elections →
politicalIdeology	constitutional democracy → liberalism → republicanism →
positionOnWorldWarI	continued participation in World War I →
recognizedBy	Allied Powers →
replacedBy	Bolshevik government → Council of People's Commissars →
significantPlace	Tauride Palace →
startTime	1917-03-15 →
supportedBy	Constitutional Democratic Party → liberals →

Referenced by (42)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
July Days → Kornilov Affair → Storming of the Winter Palace →	hasParticipant
Council of Ministers ("Cabinet of the Russian Provisional Government") → Russian Provisional Government ("Provisional Government of Russia") →	alsoKnownAs
Council of Ministers → Storming of the Winter Palace ("Russian Republic") →	country
Kornilov Affair → Lavr Kornilov →	opponent
April Theses → Vladimir Lenin ("Provisional Government of Russia") →	opposed
Petrograd Soviet → Russian Revolution →	opposedTo
Council of People's Commissars → Kolchak government ("Provisional All-Russian Government") →	precededBy
Kolchak government ("All-Russian Government") →	claimsToBe
House of Romanov →	deposedBy
Russian Empire ("Russian Republic") →	followedBy
Siberian Army ("Provisional All-Russian Government") →	follows
July Days ("Russian Republic") →	hasCountry
Georgy Lvov →	headOfGovernment
Tauride Palace →	housed
Constitutional Democratic Party →	influenced
Council of Ministers ("Russian Republic") →	jurisdiction
Council of Ministers →	legislativeBody
Kornilov Affair ("Russian Republic") →	location
April Crisis of 1917 →	mainSubject
Alexander Kerensky →	movement
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) →	overthrew
Council of Ministers →	parentOrganization
April Crisis of 1917 →	participant
Socialist Revolutionary Party ("Provisional Government of Russia") →	participatedIn
Council of Ministers →	partOf
October: Ten Days That Shook the World ("Provisional Government") →	portrays
October: Ten Days That Shook the World →	portraysOrganization
Russian SFSR ("Russian Republic") →	predecessor
History of the Russian Revolution ("Provisional Government of Russia") →	subject
Council of Ministers →	subordinateTo
Mensheviks ("Provisional Government of Russia") →	supported
Czechoslovak Legion ("Russia (Provisional Government)") →	supportedBy
Tauride Palace →	usedBy
guberniya ("Russian Republic (1917)") →	usedIn