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Aleksandr Kerensky, in full Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kerensky, (born April 22 [May 2, New Style], 1881, Simbirsk [now Ulyanovsk], Russia—died June 11, 1970, New York, New York, U.S.), moderate socialist revolutionary who served as head of the Russian provisional government from July to October 1917 (Old Style).

Who was Alexander Kerensky? Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky was a Russian lawyer, politician and statesman. He was one of the key political figures between March and October 1917, when he was a minister and later Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government.

Alexander Kerensky (1881-1970) was a Russian revolutionary and politician of liberal-socialist persuasions. In the eight months between February and October 1917, Kerensky was Russia’s most significant national leader, serving as justice minister, war minister and prime minister in the Provisional Government.

Kerensky graduated with a degree in Law from St. Petersburg University in 1904. He showed his political allegiances early on, with his frequent defense of anti- Tsarist revolutionaries. He was elected to the Fourth Duma in 1912 as a member of the Trudoviks, a moderate labor party.

Alexander Kerensky was born on May 4, 1881 in the town of Simbirsk. This town is now known as Ul’ianovsk, after another famous fellow who was born there 11 years earlier: Vladimir Ilic Ulianov, better known as Lenin. Alexander’s father was a teacher and director of the local gymnasium, the same where Lenin had studied.