Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Russian Provisional Government (Russian: , Vremennoye pravitel''stvo Rossii) was the short-lived administrative body which sought to govern Russia immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in March 1917 (Nicholas'' manifest of abdication). On September 14, the State Duma of the Russian Empire officially dissolved the newly created Directorate, and the country was officially renamed the Russian Republic (Russian: , Rossiyskaya respublika). It is also sometimes known as the "Kerensky Government" after its most prominent leader. It lasted approximately eight months, and ceased to exist after power in Russia was seized by the Bolsheviks in October 1917. The Provisional Government was formed in Petrograd, and was led first by Prince Georgy L''vov and then by socialist Alexander Kerensky, a prominent member of the Duma and a leader of the movement to unseat the Tsar.