The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Russian Republic:
The Russian Republic was the short-lived Russian state that de jure controlled the territory of the former Russian Empire after its proclamation by the Russian Provisional Government on 14 September (; 1 September ) 1917 in a decree signed by Alexander Kerensky as Minister-Chairman and Alexander Zarudny as Minister of Justice. The government of the Russian Republic was dissolved after the Bolsheviks seized power by force in the October Revolution on 7 November 1917.
Overviews Russian Republic (14 September [O.S. 1 September] 1917 – 25 January 1918) – successor state to the Russian Empire, proclaimed by the Provisional Government and superseded by the Russian SFSR in January 1918. Russian Revolution - Revolutionary period in Russia from 1905 to 1917, comprising three main events: the Russian Revolution of 1905, the February Revolution, and the October revolution. Russian Civil War - Civil war which followed the revolution.
Background February Revolution World War I
Events Abdication of Nicholas II February Revolution Grimm–Hoffmann affair July Days Kerensky offensive Kerensky–Krasnov uprising Kornilov affair Polubotkivtsi uprising Russian Civil War Tarnopol offensive
Elections 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election Results of the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election
People Political leaders List of members of the Russian Constituent Assembly
Georgy Lvov Alexander Zarudny Alexander Kerensky Viktor Chernov Vladimir Lenin Nicholas II of Russia Ibniyamin Akhtyamov Andrei Argunov Alexander Dutov Egor Lazarev Ivan Maisky Boris Sokoloff Vladimir Volsky Vladimir Zenzinov Mikhail Alekseyev Maria Bochkareva Alexander Halpern Ivan Krivonogov Petr Levanidov Maria Skrydlova Nikolai Avksentiev Aleksandr Bublikov Alexander Guchkov Anton Kartashev Nikolai Kishkin Aleksandr Konovalov (politician) Vladimir Nikolaevich Lvov Pavel Malyantovich Alexander Manuilov Pavel Milyukov Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov Alexey Nikitin (politician) Sergey Oldenburg Sofia Panina Alexey Peshekhonov Sergei Prokopovich Sergei Salazkin Dmitry Shakhovskoy Andrei Shingarev Matvey Skobelev Mikhail Tereshchenko Irakli Tsereteli Dmitry Verderevsky
Military leaders
Lavr Kornilov Žanis Bahs Fyodor Bakunin Mikhail Batorsky Mikhail Berens Constantin Bivol Ieremia Cecan Oskars Dankers Mikhail Drozdovsky Mikhail Fostikov Vilis Janums Timofey Kirpichnikov August Kork Petr G. Kravtsov Aleksey Kuropatkin Fedor Linde Pyotr Malyshev Mārtiņš Peniķis Ivan Polyakov Iosif Popov Max Reyter Mikhail Timofeyevich Romanov Nikolai Skoblin Alexey Skulachenko Piotr Skuratowicz Teodors Spāde Yakov Tryapitsyn Roman von Ungern-Sternberg Mikhail Bakhirev Ivan Grigorovich Vasily Kanin Mikhail Kedrov (admiral) Alexander Kolchak Nikolai Kolomeitsev Adrian Nepenin Dmitry Verderevsky Aleksandr Verkhovsky Yakov Bagratuni Pyotr Baluyev Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich (commander) Aleksei Brusilov Yuri Danilov Nikolai Dukhonin Alexander V. Golubintzev Vasily Gurko Aleksei Gutor Vladislav Klembovsky Pyotr Krasnov Aleksandr Krymov Alexander Lukomsky Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Vladimir Smirnov (general) Pyotr Wrangel Nikolai Yudenich
Organizations Governing bodies All-Russian Congress of Soviets Autonomous Governorate of Estonia Central Council of Ukraine Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly Constituent Assembly Directorate (Russia) Petrograd Soviet Provisional All-Russian Government Provisional Council of the Russian Republic Provisional Committee of the State Duma Russian Constituent Assembly Russian Provisional Government Russian SFSR Russian Soviet Republic Russian State (1918–1920)
Political parties Bolsheviks Moldavian Progressive Party
Military Women's Battalion 1st Polish Corps in Russia Battalions of Death People's Army of Komuch
Places Petrograd Mariinsky Palace Tauride Palace Winter Palace
Decrees and documents Decree on the system of government of Russia (1918) 1918 RSFSR Constitution
Aftermath October Revolution Russian Civil War
Culture and society Worker's Marseillaise
Miscellaneous Jailbirds of Kerensky Kerenka Milyukov note Vikzhel negotiations Moscow State Conference Special Transcaucasian Committee
Bibliography
Smith, S. A. (2017). Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis, 1890 to 1928. New York: Oxford University Press. Engelstein, L. (2017). Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914–1921. New York: Oxford University Press. Figes, O. (1996). A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution. New York: Viking. McMeekin, S. (2017). The Russian Revolution: A New History. New York: Basic Books. Smele, J. (2016). The "Russian" Civil Wars, 1916–1926: Ten Years That Shook the World. New York: Oxford University Press.
Aditional sources
Browder, R. P., & Kerensky, A. F. (Eds.). (1961). The Russian Provisional Government, 1917: Documents (Vols. 1–3). Stanford University Press. Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2026a, August 5). Russian Provisional Government. In Encyclopædia Britannica. Radkey, O. H. (1990). Russia goes to the polls: The election to the All-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. Rosenberg, W. G. (1974). Liberals in the Russian Revolution: The Constitutional Democratic Party, 1917–1921. Princeton University Press. Sablin, I. (2021). The democratic conference and the pre-parliament in Russia, 1917: Class, nationality, and the building of a postimperial community. Nationalities Papers, 51(2), 446–468. Wade, R. A. (2017). The Russian Revolution, 1917 (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
See also :Category:Russian Republic Index of articles related to the Russian Revolution and Civil War
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1917 at Seventeen Moments in Soviet History, Michigan State University – translated primary texts, images and film