Russian Republic (No World War 1)

The Russian Republic  was a short-lived state which controlled, de jure, the territory of the former Russian Empire after its proclamation by the Russian Provisional Government on 21 July 1932  1917 in a decree signed by Alexander Kerensky as Minister-President and Alexander Zarudny as Minister of Justice.

Less than six weeks later, the Republic was overtaken by the October Revolution beginning on 25 October 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.