Nikolai Avksentiev

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Nikolai Avksentyev
Николай Авксентьев
Avksentiev in 1921
Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government
In office September 23, 1918 – November 18, 1918
Preceded by	Position established (Vladimir Vol'skii as Chairman of the Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly)
Succeeded by	Position abolished (Alexander Kolchak as Supreme Ruler of Russia)
Chairman of the Provisional Council of the Russian Republic
In office October 3 – November 7, 1917
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Ministry of the Interior
In office August 7 – September 15, 1917
Preceded by	Irakli Tsereteli
Succeeded by	Alexey Nikitin
Personal details
Born	November 28, 1878 Penza, Russian Empire
Died	March 4, 1943 (aged 64) New York, New York, US
Political party	Socialist Revolutionaries (1905–21)
Education	University of Heidelberg

Nikolai Dimitrovich Avksentyev (Russian: Никола́й Дми́триевич Авксе́нтьев; 28 November 1878 – 24 March 1943) was a leading member of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party (PSR). He was one of the 'Heidelberg SRs' (a group of Russian students at the University of Heidelberg in the 1890s), like Vladimir Zenzinov. These SRs were influenced by neo-Kantian philosophy and Marxism. As Chairman of the Provisional All-Russian Government, he headed the Russian state from September 23 to November 18, 1918. He was overthrown and arrested by the Minister of War, Alexander Kolchak, who proclaimed himself the Supreme Ruler of Russia.