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ALEKSANDR FYODOROVICH KERENSKY
1881 - 1970
Head of the
Provisional Government
Kerensky was a
Russian revolutionary.
After the
February
Revolution of 1917, and after
Georgy Y. Lvov, Kerensky
became the second prime minister of the
Provisional Government.
After the
October Revolution of 1917,
Kerensky went into hiding.
Kerensky was unique in that he was the only man
brave enough to hold jobs in the
Petrograd Soviet and the Provisional Government.
After the
February (March)
Revolution, Kerensky became the
Minister of Justice under
Georgy Lvov.
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Alexander Kerensky's Short Biography
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April 22, 1881
(May 2, 1881
old style) |
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Birth in Simbirsk, today's Ulyanovsk, Russia |
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1904 |
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Studies law
and graduates from the University of
St. Petersburg. |
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1905 |
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Joins the
Socialist
Revolutionary Party |
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1912 |
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Elected to the
fourth Duma |
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July - October
1917 (old style) |
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Second prime minister of
the Provisional Government |
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November 1917 |
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After the October
Revolution, Kerensky flees to the front, goes into
hiding |
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May 1918 |
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Emigrates to western
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1940 |
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Moves to the United States |
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June 11, 1970 |
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Death in NYC |
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