On 9 March 1917 the Special Transcaucasian Committee was established, with Member of the State Duma V. A. Kharlamov as Chairman, to replace the Imperial Viceroy Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929) on the Caucasian front by the Russian Provisional Government in Transcaucasia as the highest organ of civil administration. Akaki Chkhenkeli of Georgia was its member.
This event led to the creation of the Special Transcaucasian Committee, headed by V. A. Kharlamov, which replaced Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia on the Caucasian front with the Russian Provisional Government in Transcaucasia as the top civil administration authority. Akaki Chkhenkeli from Georgia was a member of this committee.