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Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (4 May [O.S. 22 April] 1881 – 11 June 1970) was a Russian lawyer and revolutionary who led the Russian Provisional Government and the short-lived Russian Republic for three months from late July to early November 1917
Jun 7, 2024 · Aleksandr Kerensky, moderate socialist revolutionary who served as head of the Russian provisional government from July to October 1917. When the Bolshevik Party seized power in the October Revolution, Kerensky went into hiding before escaping to western Europe and, ultimately, the United States.
Alexander Kerensky played a prominent role in the Russian Revolution, holding several ministerial positions in the provisional government, which was created following the abdication of Tsar...
Between the fall of Nicholas II in March 1917 and the rise of Vladimir Lenin in October, Russia’s most significant national leader was Alexander Kerensky. During the eight months of the Provisional Government Kerensky held three important portfolios: justice, war and the prime ministership.
Oct 25, 2017 · Alexander Kerensky played a prominent role in the Russian Revolution, holding several ministerial positions in the Provisional Government, which was created following the abdication of Tsar...
Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ке́ренский, Aleksandr Fjëdorovich Kerenskij) (May 4 [O.S. April 22] 1881 – June 11, 1970) served as the second Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government until Vladimir Lenin was elected by the All-Russian Congress of Soviets following the ...
The provisional government, led first by Prince Georgy Lvov and then by Alexander Kerensky, lasted approximately eight months, and ceased to exist when the Bolsheviks gained power in the October Revolution in October [November, N.S.] 1917.
KERENSKY, ALEXANDER (1881–1970) Leader during the February Revolution and prime minister of the Russian Provisional Government from July to October 1917. Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky was born in Simbirsk (later Ulyanovsk), Russia, where his father was a schoolteacher and administrator.
Apr 13, 2017 · The key link between the soviets and the Provisional Government was Alexander Kerensky, a 35-year-old lawyer from Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk), a small town on the Volga river 550 miles east of...
Kerensky was both the heroic and the tragic figure of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Thin, pale, with flashing eyes, theatrical gestures, and vivid verbal imagery, he was a dramatic and mesmerizing speaker with an incredible ability to move his listeners. Huge crowds turned out to hear him.
