Russian Republic

Russian Republic
Российская Республика
*Rossiyskaya Respublika*
Russian Republic Российская Республика; Rossiyskaya Respublika
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
Common languages	Russian
Government	Provisional government
Minister-Chairman
Legislature	Council of the Russian Republic
Historical era	World War I
• Proclamation of the Republic	14 September N.S.Tooltip New Style 1917
• October Revolution	7 November 1917
Currency	Ruble
ISO 3166 code	RU
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Russian Empire
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Kingdom of Finland (1918)
Today part of	Russia; Finland; Poland; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; Moldova; Ukraine; Georgia; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Kyrgyzstan; North Korea; South Korea; Mongolia; Tajikistan; China

The Russian Republic (also known as Russia) (Russian: Российская республика, tr. Rossiyskaya respublika, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə]) was a short-lived state that controlled, de jure, the territory of the former Russian Empire between its proclamation by the Russian Provisional Government on 1 September [14 September, N.S.Tooltip New Style] in a decree signed by Kerensky as Minister-President and Zarudny as Minister of Justice.^[1]

Less than six weeks later, the Republic was overtaken by the October Revolution beginning on 25 October 1917 [7 November, N.S.] and the establishment of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR).^[2]

Officially, the Republic's government was the Provisional Government, although de facto control of the country and its armed forces was divided between the Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet.

The term Russian Republic is sometimes used erroneously for the period between the abdication of the Emperor Nicholas II on 2 March 1917 [15 March, N.S] and the declaration of the Republic in September. However, during that period the future status of the monarchy remained to be resolved.