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Provisional Government

Russia · Revolution / Revolution of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

20Records
1916–1956Date range
5Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1916

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky12 December 1916

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Kerensky develops his views through provisional government after 1917.

1917

Lvov2 March 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

A Provisional Government is formed

Lvov3 March 1917

Moscow · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Provisional Government meets Michael & persuades him to reject the crown

Michael3 March 1917

Moscow · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Provisional Government meets Michael & persuades him to reject the crown

Lvov5 March 1917

Moscow · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Provisional Government dismisses all governors & their deputies

Lvov9 March 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The USA recognizes the Provisional Government

Lvov25 March 1917

Moscow · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Provisional Government introduces state monopoly on the grain trade

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin4 April 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Condemns the Provisional Government as bourgeois and urges "no support" for it, as "the utter falsity of all its promises should be made clear" & condemns World War I as a "predatory imperialist war" and the "revolutionary defensism" of foreign social democrat parties, calling for revolutionary defeatism

Lvov26 April 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Provisional Government concedes that it cannot maintain order

Lvov5 May 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Appointed Prime Minister of the Provisional Government

Lvov6 June 1917

Kronstadt · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolshevik led Kronstadt revolt is put down by the Provisional Government

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin3 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The July Days refer to events that take place in Petrograd, Russia, between 3 July and 7 July (Julian calendar) (16 July 20 July, Gregorian calendar), when soldiers and industrial workers engage in spontaneous demonstrations against the Russian Provisional Government

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin15 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Kadets walk out of the Russian Provisional Government, threatening the Mensheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries (SRs) with the breakup of the Government coalition and a Government crisis results

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky17 July 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

A new provisional Government is set up with Kerensky at its head

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin19 July 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Provisional Government issues an order for the arrest of Lenin, who is forced to go underground

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky9 August 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Provisional Government schedules Constituent Assembly elections for 12 Nov

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin25 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Declares the Provisional Government deposed

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov LeninOctober 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government on the eve of the meeting of Second All Congress of Soviets

Anton Ivanovich de Ikin1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Serves under Mikhail Alekseyev of the provisional Government

1956

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky24 April 1956

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Kerensky develops his views through provisional government after 1917.

Names involved

Alexander Fedorovich KerenskyAnton Ivanovich de IkinLvovMichaelVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Provenance

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