Directorate (Russia)

Kerensky Second Government
3rd Cabinet of Russian Republic (since 1917)
Date formed	September 1, 1917
Date dissolved	November 7, 1917
People and organisations
Head of state	Grand Duke Michael (conditionally) Alexander Kerensky (de facto)
Head of government	Alexander Kerensky
Member party	Socialist-Revolutionaries
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition cabinet	Executive Committee of Petrograd Soviet
Opposition party	RSDLP
Opposition leader	Nikolay Chkheidze / Leon Trotsky
History
Incoming formation	Kerensky I
Outgoing formation	Lenin
Predecessor	Alexander Kerensky
Successor	Vladimir Lenin

The Directorate (Kerensky Second Government) was the short-lived transitional government of Russia during the Russian Revolution. It consisted of five main ministers and lasted for about three weeks.

Members

1. Minister-President Alexander Kerensky
2. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Tereschenko
3. Military Minister Alexander Verkhovsky (Kommunarka)
4. Marine Minister Dmitry Verderevsky
5. Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Alexei Nikitin (Kommunarka)

History

The Directorate was founded by decree of the Russian Provisional Government on September 14, 1917. The Directorate was responsible for "public affairs until the establishment of the Cabinet." The Directorate was created to resolve the crisis stemming from the Kornilov Affair and the collapse of the Second Provisional Government.

On October 8, with the formation of the 3rd coalition, the Directorate was abolished.

During the Directorate Russia was proclaimed a republic and the State Duma of the Russian Empire was dissolved.

See also

• Russian Provisional Government
• French Directory, a similar institution during the French Revolution