Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kerensky
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Russian Revolution, Bolsheviks, Socialism, Socialists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
Article abstract: Kerensky was the leading figure in the short-lived Provisional Government that replaced the deposed Czar Nicholas II and was in turn displaced by the Bolshevik (Communist) Party of Vladimir Ilich Lenin during the Russian Revolution of 1917. He attempted unsuccessfully to establish a liberal democratic government in Russia.
Early Life
Born in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk), Russia, on May 2, 1881, Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kerensky was the eldest son of Fyodor Mikhailovich Kerensky, a schoolteacher and administrator, and his wife, Nadezhda...
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