Russian Republic

Russian Republic
Россiйская республика Rossiyskaya respublika
Provisional government (15 March – 14 September 1917) Republic (14 September – 7 November 1917)
← 1917 ↓
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem Rabochaya Marselyeza The Worker's Marseillaise
The Russian Provisional Government in 1917. With the exception of some western areas lost to the German Empire, its territory was essentially the same as that of the preceding Russian Empire after the sale of Alaska to the United States in 1867.
Capital		Petrograd (now St Petersburg)
Languages		Russian
Government		Provisional government
Minister-Chairman
-	15 Mar – 21 Jul 1917	Georgy Lvov
-	21 Jul – 7 Nov 1917	Alexander Kerensky
Legislature		Council of the Russian Republic
Historical era		World War I
-	February Revolution	15 March 1917
-	Republic proclaimed	14 September
-	October Revolution	7 November 1917
Currency		Ruble
Preceded by Succeeded by Russian Empire Russian SFSR Transcaucasian DFR Kingdom of Finland United Baltic Duchy Ober Ost White movement Kingdom of Poland Moldovian DR Ukrainian PR Kuban PR Northern Caucasus Republic Alash Autonomy Czechoslovak Legion
Today part of		Russia  Finland  Poland  Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania  Belarus  Moldova  Ukraine  Georgia  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Kazakhstan  Uzbekistan  Turkmenistan  Kyrgyzstan  Tajikistan  Mongolia  China  Turkey  Iran

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The Russian Republic (Russian: Россiйская республика, tr. Rossiyskaya respublika; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə]) was a short-lived polity that controlled, de jure, the territory of the former Russian Empire after the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II on 15 March [O.S. 2 March] 1917. Less than eight months later, the Republic was dissolved after the October Revolution on 7 November [O.S. 25 October] 1917 and the establishment of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR). Officially, the Republic's government was the Provisional Government of Russia (Russian: Временное правительство России), although de facto control was split between the Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet.

Principal institutions

• State Duma of the Russian Empire
• Council of the Russian Republic
• Congress of Soviets
• Russian Provisional Government
• Directorate (Russia)

Regional Autonomies

• Special Transcaucasian Committee
• Ukrainian People's Republic
• Autonomous Governorate of Estonia
• Grand Duchy of Finland

Occupied territories

• Kingdom of Poland (1916–18)
• Kingdom of Lithuania (1918)
• Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1918)

Independence

• Emirate of Bukhara
• Khanate of Khiva
• State of Buryat-Mongolia

See also

• Russian Empire
• Russian Civil War
• Russian Democratic Federative Republic
• Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
• Soviet Union
• Petrograd Soviet
• World War I

References