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Kerensky

Kerensky

1 9.1
A Russian political leader who led the temporary government in 1917
  • proper noun
  • /kəˈrɛn ski/
: Kerensky
  • "Kerensky is full of old-world manners and charm, "totally unlike Lenin."
  • Alexander Kerensky
  • Aleksandr Kerensky

And Kerensky thought that this was going to be a right wing coup.

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Examples

  • Unfortunately for Rand and for Russia, the Kerensky regime was only a placeholder for the more disciplined and dedicated Bolsheviks.

    Blog text (34)

  • The Provisional Government, led by Kerensky, struggled to maintain order amidst growing unrest in Russia.

  • "This is Alexander Kerensky we're talking about, right?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The new minister of war, Alexander Kerensky, may even have seen Kolchak as a potential rival.

    Epic History

  • The Provisional Government and its president, Alexander Kerensky, still held power, but the Bolsheviks were getting stronger by the minute.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The Kerensky government was destroyed by Lenin, the Weimar Republic by Hitler; whatever democracy in Chicago there was before the Daley machine was displaced by Daley.

    Blog text (33)

  • The political scholar and writer John P. Roche, when he started writing for the magazine in the late 1930s, was taken aback to find Aleksandr Kerensky, the leader of the pre-Bolshevik Russian provisional government, hanging around the offices.

    Academic text (2002)

  • She was proud of her westward-looking home city of St. Petersburg, calling it a "monument to the spirit of man." Rand supported the downfall of the Tsar and the rise of a parliamentary regime, identifying her first hero in Alexander Kerensky.

    Blog text (34)

  • In July, Kerensky became the Premier of the Provisional Government during the tumultuous years of the Russian Revolution.

  • Many historians regard Kerensky as a key figure in the events leading up to the Bolshevik takeover.

Synonyms

Alexander Kerensky
vsKerensky
1 9.3

A Russian politician who led the temporary government after the 1917 revolution before the Bolsheviks took power

is the shorter surname form used in brief references
Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky
vsKerensky
9.9

Russian politician who led the government after Nicholas II gave up the throne, later overthrown by the Bolsheviks

is the shorter surname form used to refer to the same person

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Kerensky is a Russian family name; the ending -sky means 'of' or 'from', as in Tchaikovsky. So the name showed a person's family or place, which helps you remember that Kerensky is the last name of the Russian leader Alexander Kerensky.