ABSTRACT
Alexander Kerensky was born on April 22, 1881, in the Russian town of Simbirsk. In May, Kerensky became the minister of war. He maintained Russia's commitment to fighting World War I, going so far as to lead a disastrous summer offensive in Galicia. Kerensky became prime minister of Russia's provisional government in July. Alexander Kerensky's failure to consolidate the Russian Revolution after March 1917 constitutes his chief historical legacy. It was this failure that enabled the Bolsheviks to seize power by end of the year and transform Russia into a socialist society. When Kerensky was elevated to power in early 1917, Russian society was being torn apart by war and revolution. Kerensky was a socialist aligned with the popular Socialist Revolutionary Party. In fact, the demands of most Russians during Russian Revolution were cruelly disappointed by the communist dictatorship that, in the words of Leon Trotsky, would consign all other political forces such as Kerensky to “the dustbin of history”.
