Provisional Committee of the State Duma

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Nine members of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma in March 1917. From left to right:
Seated: V. N. Lvov, V. A. Rzhevsky, S. I. Shidlovsky, and M. V. Rodzianko (Chairman);
Standing: V. V. Shulgin, B. A. Engelhardt, A. F. Kerensky, and M. A. Karaulov.

The Provisional Committee of the State Duma (

State Duma deputies at the outbreak of the February Revolution in the same year. It was formed under the jurisdiction of the Russian Provisional Government, established immediately after the abdication of Nicholas II.[1]

Name Party Notes
Mikhail Rodzianko
Octobrist
Committee chairman
Vasily Shulgin Progressive Russian Nationalists Faction leader
Vladimir Lvov Center Chairman of Duma's faction
Ivan Dmitryukov
Octobrist
(left deviation)
Sergei Shidlovskiy
Octobrist
Chairman of Progressive Bloc, leader of left Octobrists
Mikhail Karaulov Independent Commandant of
Taurida Palace
Alexander Kerensky Trudovik Executive Committee of Petrograd Soviet
Aleksandr Konovalov
Progressist
Vladimir Rzhevsky
Progressist
A.A. Bublikov?
Progressist Party[2]
Vasily Maklakov
Kadet
Pavel Milyukov
Kadet
Nikolai Nekrasov
Kadet
Nikolay Chkheidze
Menshevik
Executive Committee of Petrograd Soviet
Vasily Anisimoff?
Menshevik
Executive Committee of Petrograd Soviet
Boris Engelgardt Independent Commandant of Petrograd Garrison

The committee declared itself the governing body of

Admiralty building
. The committee of the State Duma appointed 24 commissars to head various state ministries replacing the Imperial Government. According to Milyukov Chkheidze never participated in the work of the committee.

On March 15 (March 2

O.S.
).

References

  1. ^ "Announcement of the First Provisional Government, 13 March 1917". FirstWorldWar.com. 2002-12-29. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  2. ^ "Glossary of Organisations: Pr".