Kerensky

Noun

Meaning

Russian revolutionary who was head of state after Nicholas II abdicated but was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (1881-1970)

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A. Kerensky, Russia and History's Turning Point, New York 1965, p. 150. Alexandra suggested to her husband to expel Guchkov and Prince Lvov to Siberia. Source: Internet

Beckett, 2007. p. 526. Although the details remain sketchy, Kerensky appeared to become frightened by the possibility the army would stage a coup, and reversed the order. Source: Internet

Cossacks enter Tsarskoye Selo on outskirts of Petrograd with Kerensky riding on a white horse welcomed by church bells. Source: Internet

"Different Ways of Interpreting the Kornilov Affair: A Review of George Katkov's The Kornilov Affair: Kerensky and the Break-up of the Russian Army, London and New York: Longman, 1980" The SNU Journal of Education Research (1993) pp 17–28. Source: Internet

At the same time, Nikolay Dukhonin was acting as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief after Alexander Kerensky fled from Russia. Source: Internet

By contrast, historian Richard Pipes has argued that the episode was engineered by Kerensky. Source: Internet

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