Alexander Kerensky

Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (4 May 1881 – 11 June 1970) was a Russian lawyer and key political figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917 he joined the newly formed Russian Provisional Government, first as Minister of Justice, then as Minister of War, and after July 1917 as the government’s second Minister-Chairman. A leader of the moderate-socialist Trudoviks faction of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, he was also vice-chairman of the powerful Petrograd Soviet. On 7 November, his government was overthrown by the Lenin-led Bolsheviks in the October Revolution. He spent the remainder of his life in exile, in Paris and New York City, and worked for the Hoover Institution.

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Alexander Kerensky
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2nd Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government
In office
21 July 1917 – 7 November 1917
[8 July – 26 October 1917 Old Style]
Preceded by Georgy Lvov
Succeeded by Office abolished
(Vladimir Lenin as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars)
Personal details
Born Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky
4 May 1881
Simbirsk, Russia
Died 11 June 1970 (aged 89)
New York City, New York, United States
Resting place Putney Vale Cemetery, London, United Kingdom
Nationality Russian
Political party Socialist Revolutionary (Trudovik Parliamentary breakaway group)
Education Saint Petersburg State University
Profession Lawyer, politician
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Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ке́ренский, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ˈkʲerʲɪnskʲɪj]; 4 May 1881 – 11 June 1970) was a Russian lawyer and key political figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917 he joined the newly formed Russian Provisional Government, first as Minister of Justice, then as Minister of War, and after July 1917 as the government's second Minister-Chairman. A leader of the moderate-socialist Trudoviks faction of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, he was also vice-chairman of the powerful Petrograd Soviet. On 7 November, his government was overthrown by the Lenin-led Bolsheviks in the October Revolution. He spent the remainder of his life in exile, in Paris and New York City, and worked for the Hoover Institution.

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