Russian Provisional Government

The Russian Provisional Government () 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.Manifest of abdication  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".Harold Whitmore Williams (1919) The Spirit of the Russian Revolution, p. 14, 15. Russian Liberation Committee, no. 9, 173 Fleet Street. London

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