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Russian Provisional Government: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date March 1917 - November 1917
Location Russia
Context April Theses • July Days • June Offensive • Russian Revolution

Photos

Aleksandr Kerensky
Nicholas II of Russia stands facing forward in a double-breasted military uniform and cap, with a full beard and mustache.
Pavel Milyukov
Historical map of Eastern Europe and western Russia showing the Eastern Front during World War I from 1914 to 1918. The map uses colored lines to indicate the farthest Russian advance in 1914, the Gallipoli campaign in 1915, the front at the time of the Russian Revolution in 1917, and the farthest Austro-German advance in 1918, with major cities, rivers, and national borders as they existed in 1914.
Vladimir Lenin
Large group of young women soldiers from the Russian Battalion of Death stand in uniformed formation in an open field, with tents and smoke visible in the background.
Crowd of protesters scatter and take cover on Nevsky Prospect in Petrograd as troops fire from a rooftop during the July 4, 1917 Bolshevik demonstration.
Antique map showing the western and southern regions of Russia as they appeared in the early 20th century, with dense labeling of cities, rivers, and political boundaries. An inset in the lower left highlights the city of St. Petersburg and its surrounding area. The map uses muted colors and fine detail typical of historical atlases.
Map of the Baltic States-Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania-showing country borders, major uplands and plains, highest points, and the capitals Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. Surrounding countries and bodies of water, including Russia, Belarus, Poland, Finland, Sweden, the Baltic Sea, and the Gulf of Finland, are also labeled.
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov stands in military uniform inspecting a line of Russian soldiers outdoors, with trees and hills in the background.
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Topics

Timeline

Aleksandr Kerensky
Russian Provisional Government
March 1917 - November 1917
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July Days
July 16, 1917 - July 20, 1917
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October Revolution
November 6, 1917 - November 7, 1917

Key People

Pavel Milyukov
Pavel Nikolayevich Milyukov
Russian historian and statesman
Grigory Yevseyevich Zinovyev
Grigory Yevseyevich Zinovyev
Russian revolutionary
Aleksandr Kerensky
Aleksandr Kerensky
prime minister of Russia
Lev Kamenev
Lev Kamenev
Soviet government official
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Aleksandr Ivanovich Guchkov
Russian statesman
Lavr Kornilov
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov
Russian general
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Viktor Mikhaylovich Chernov
Soviet politician