Republic of Russia

Russian Republic
Российская Республика Rossiyskaya Respublika
1917–1923
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem Rabochaya Marselyeza The Worker's Marseillaise
The Russian Provisional Government in 1917. With the exception of some western areas lost to the German Empire, its territory was essentially the same as that of the preceding Russian Empire after the sale of Alaska to the United States in 1867.
Capital		Petrograd
Languages		Russian
Government		Provisional government
Minister-Chairman		Alexander Kerensky
Legislature		Council of the Russian Republic
Historical era		World War I
•	Proclamation of the Republic	14 September N.S. 1917
•	Final defeat of the White Army	6 June 1923
Currency		Ruble
Preceded by Succeeded by Russian Empire Soviet Union Kingdom of Finland (1918)
Today part of		Russia  Finland  Poland  Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania  Belarus  Moldova  Ukraine  Georgia  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Kazakhstan  Uzbekistan  Inner Mongolia  North Korea  Turkmenistan  Kyrgyzstan  Mongolia  Tajikistan

The Russian Republic (also known as Russia) (Russian: Российская республика, tr. Rossiyskaya respublika; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə]) was a short-lived state that controlled, de jure, the territory of the former Russian Empire between its proclamation by the Russian Provisional Government on 1 September [14 September, N.S.] in a decree signed by Kerensky as Minister-President and Zarudny as Minister of Justice.

Less than six weeks later, the Republic was overtaken by the October Revolution beginning on 25 October 1917 [7 November, N.S.] and the establishment of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR).

Officially, the Republic's government was the Provisional Government, although de facto control of the country and its armed forces was divided between the Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet.

The term Russian Republic is sometimes used erroneously for the period between the abdication of the Emperor Nicholas II on 2 March 1917 [15 March, N.S] and the declaration of the Republic in September. However, during that period the future status of the monarchy remained to be resolved.