Alexander Kerensky

Alexander Kerensky was a Russian lawyer and socialist politician who led the Provisional Government from July to November 1917, between the February and October Revolutions.

February Revolution: The 1917 uprising that ended the Russian monarchy and established a provisional government. Its overthrow of the tsar opened the political path Kerensky entered.
Dual power: The 1917 coexistence of the Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet as competing centers of authority. Kerensky governed while the Soviet retained influence over workers and soldiers.
Vladimir Lenin: A Bolshevik revolutionary who led the seizure of power in Russia in October 1917. Lenin’s strategy of immediate power transfer opposed Kerensky’s continued provisional rule.
Russian Civil War: The conflict from 1917 to 1922 among the Bolshevik government, its opponents, and foreign forces in Russia. Kerensky opposed Bolshevik rule from exile as civil war engulfed Russia.
Russian Provisional Government: The temporary government that ruled Russia after the February Revolution and before the Bolsheviks took power. Kerensky’s leadership and political fortunes were bound to this fragile governing body.
Petrograd Soviet: A council of workers’ and soldiers’ deputies that wielded power in Petrograd during the 1917 revolutions. Its authority constrained the government Kerensky led.
Lavr Kornilov: A Russian general and army commander whose 1917 confrontation with Kerensky became a major political crisis. Their conflict over military authority culminated in the Kornilov affair.
White movement: A loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. Kerensky’s anti-Bolshevik politics placed him among opponents of the new regime, though not as a White commander.
Russian Revolution: The upheavals of 1917 that ended imperial rule in Russia and brought the Bolsheviks to power. Kerensky’s career unfolded between the revolution’s two defining upheavals.
Order No. 1: A Petrograd Soviet order directing soldiers to form committees and obey government orders only when they did not conflict with Soviet directives. It illustrates how military authority became divided during Kerensky’s government.

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