Russian Republic

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Russian Republic Российская Республика Rossiyskaya Respublika
1917–1917
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Гимн свободной России "Hymn of Free Russia"
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	Saint Petersburg
Common languages	Russian
Government	Provisional government
Minister-Chairman
• 15 March 1917	Georgy Lvov
• 21 July 1917	Alexander Kerensky
Legislature	Council of the Russian Republic
Historical era	World War I
• February Revolution	15 March 1917
• Republic proclaimed	14 September 1917
• October Revolution	7 November 1917
Currency	Ruble
ISO 3166 code	RU
Preceded by Succeeded by Russian Empire Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian Democratic Federative Republic Kingdom of Finland (1918)
Today part of	Russia Finland Poland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Belarus Moldova Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan North Korea Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Tajikistan China

The Russian Republic (Russian: Российская республика, romanized: 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 Alexander Kerensky as Minister-President and Alexander Zarudny as Minister of Justice.

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).

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.

Principal institutions

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

See also

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

External links

• The Russian Republic proclaimed. Presidential Library
• Browder, R. P., Kerensky, A. F. The Russian Provisional Government, 1917: Documents. "Stanford University Press". Stanford, 1961. ISBN 9780804700238