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The Russian Provisional Government (Russian: Временное правительство России, tr. Vremennoye pravitel'stvo Rossii) was a provisional government of Russia created after the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the Russian Empire on 2 March [15 March, New Style] 1917. The purpose of the provisional government was the creation of elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly and its convention.

The government lasted only eight months and caused a "disorganized army".


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  • Governo provvisorio russo marzo 1917

    Russian Provisional Government in March 1917

  • THIRD PROVISIONAL CABINET OF RUSSIA

    Third Russian Provisional Government

  • 1917-VremennoePravitelstvo-Seal

    Government Seal

  • Milrevkom proclamation

    Milrevcom proclamation about the overthrowing of the Provisional Government

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