Alexander Kerensky
1881 – 1970 Russian Head of the Russian Provisional Government
The moderate socialist who led Russia between the two revolutions of 1917.
- Religion
- Russian Orthodox background; a secular liberal socialist.
- Affiliations
- Socialist Revolutionary Party; led the Provisional Government in 1917 until the Bolsheviks overthrew it.
Kerensky rose through the Provisional Government to become its leader after the fall of the monarchy. He kept Russia in the First World War, a choice that sapped his support, and he failed to master either the generals or the Bolsheviks. Lenin's October coup drove him from power and into a long exile.
Connections
- successor of Georgy Lvov — Kerensky succeeded him at the head of the Provisional Government.
- successor of Georgy Lvov — Succeeded Lvov as head of the Provisional Government.
- rival of Lavr Kornilov — Their 1917 confrontation broke the Provisional Government.
- rival of Lavr Kornilov — Their clash in 1917 wrecked the Provisional Government's authority.
- rival of Vladimir Lenin — Lenin's Bolsheviks overthrew his government in October 1917.