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The Russian Provisional Government was formed in Petrograd after the deterioration of the Russian Empire and the Tsar 's Abdication . When the authority of the Tsar's government began disintegrating in the February Revolution of 1917 , two rival institutions, the Duma and the Petrograd Soviet , competed for power. As a compromise, a Provisional Government was formed that was to lead the country to elections for a Constituent Assembly . When Tsar Nicholas II abdicated on March 15 and his brother, Grand Duke Michael refused the throne the next day, the provisional government formally ruled Russia, but its power was effectively limited by the Petrograd Soviet 's growing authority. The Soviet controlled the army, factories and railways and had the support of the workers, so this was a period of dual authority, although at first the Soviet had given support to the Provisional Government. The Provisional Government was led first by Prince Georgy Lvov and then by Aleksandr Kerensky . It succeeded in organising the Elections , but failed to end Russia's involvement in World War I , thereby weakening its popularity among Russia's war-weary people. It was also reluctant to make decisive policy decisions, precisely because it was supposed to be ''provisional''. This weakness led to challenges from the right in the form of the Kornilov Affair , and from the left, which brought it to an end in the October Revolution . Bolsheviks replaced the government with their own. Until the constituent assembly was disbanded, the Bolshevik government was called "provisional". Prime Ministers of the Provisional Government SEE ALSO |
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