The Directorate (Kerensky Second Government) was the short-lived transitional government of Russia during the Russian Revolution. It consisted of five main ministers and lasted for about three weeks.
Members Post Name Party Minister-President Alexander Kerensky Socialist-Revolutionary Party Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Tereshchenko Non-party Minister of Internal Affairs, Post and Telegraph Alexei Nikitin Menshevik Minister of War Alexander Verkhovsky Socialist-Revolutionary Party Minister of Navy Dmitry Verderevsky
History
The Directorate was founded by decree of the Russian Provisional Government on 14 September 1917.ХРОНИКА СМУТНОГО ВРЕМЕНИ. СЕНТЯБРЬ 1917 ГОДА. Историк The Directorate was responsible for "public affairs until the establishment of the Cabinet." The Directorate was created to resolve the crisis stemming from the Kornilov Affair and the collapse of the Second Provisional Government as the Constitutional Democratic Party members of the government left the Cabinet.Спираль 1917: Сентябрьская «Директория». fontanka.ru.
On October 8, with the formation of the 3rd coalition, the Directorate was abolished.
During the Directorate on September 14, Russia was proclaimed a republic and the State Duma of the Russian Empire was dissolved.
During September 27 through October 5 at the Alexandrine Theater convened the All-Russian Democratic Conference which at the end formed the so-called Pre-parliament or the Provisional Council of the Russian Republic.
See also Russian Provisional Government French Directory, a similar institution during the French Revolution
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