Alexander Kerensky: The Russian Revolution Before Lenin
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Please do an episode on Abraham Lincoln
Make a video about Jan smutts of south africa
Make a video about Konstantin Rodzaevsky, the Russian fascist advocate. Would be really interesting to get to know more of Russians opposing the Soviet government in general.
Imagine learning your Russian history professor was such a pivotal revolutionary figure.
I thought the same thing. Another monumental figure to become a US professor was Kurt Schuschnigg, who was the Austria prime minister at the time of the Anchluss. Imagine having a class with them.
Vive la revolútion!
I remember seeing some interviews with Kerensky on television on what preceded public television in the early 1960s. I was 13 or so years old and knew absolutely nothing about the people and events he discussed. Nonetheless, I was captivated by his talks.
Well put
My professor once told a story: when Kerensky was teaching Russian revolution history at Stanford, a student, who have didn't know the teacher was Kerensky, stood up and asked "how could the provisional government acted so stupidly?"
In Kaiserreich alternative timeline he does take over Russia but dies very early in 1936
He was assassinated
poor kerensky
They did not have to kill Kerensky the mod craters wanted Russia to be “interesting” which means civil wars and dictatorships
You can keep him alive in kaiserredux and either make him a democratic dictator or make him resign
Now they are removing him from the game to make Russia fascist at the start
Could we get a video on Phillippe petain? He is the definition of "you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain"
Wow. Who was he?
@@itsblitz4437 The French field marshall who in the 1st world war organized the defense of verdun and saved the french army from total destruction during the mutinies.....only to sell out france to the nazis in the 2nd world war.
@@jacksonmacpherson6101 better be puppeted than getting obliterated
@@sisophon1982 thats the real tragedy with him. He did the right decision but he knew his career and life was over.
@@sisophon1982 he should have done all within his power to defeat the Germans again. Even fled with De Gaulle and others
My high school history teacher once heard Kerensky deliver a lecture at the college my teacher was attending. After the lecture, everyone asked Kerensky about the Russian Revolution.
One of my professors got to know Kerensky while he was at Stanford. He would say "Communism will not die in our lifetime." Pointing to my old prof's son, he continued "But in his lifetime it will."
Extremely based
And he's right. Communism is dead. What is left of communism nowdays is either social democracy (fruity capitalism in western europe) and nationalist "communist" countries that are actually capitalist (Vietnam, China, Cuba)
It hasn't died here in the US.
Career politicians love power.
@Холст Масло There are only five countries that nominally subscribe to the idea of communism worldwide, that being Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos and China.
The first four are unimportant when it comes to economics and politics.
China on the other hand is a global power, but economically has adopted moreso a mixed system inbetween capitalism and state interventionism.
Culturally it rather goes in the direction of Chinese nationalism.
Nothing that resembles orthodox Marxism.
So yes, communism is basically dead. It will take maybe 10 to 20 years for the remaining countries to formally change the ideology, like North Korea for example more and more ditching Marxism Leninism for their autarchy oriented juche ideology, or Cuba and Vietnam opening more to the west and embracing western ideas, but ultimately it's done for.
social democracies is where it's at.
My professor once told a story: when Kerensky was teaching Russian revolution history at Stanford, a student, who have didn't know the teacher was Kerensky, stood up and asked "how could the provisional government acted so stupidly?"
Awkward)
Do you think he was like lecturing the class like “so I marched in Moscow. And in hindsight, some of these weren’t my best ideas.”
What did he say?
Kerenski AND Lenin was born in the same town? Must have been something in the water!
Stalin: You are not real revolutionary
Kerensky: You are not real slav ☭
@B Roli Stalin was Georgian, which isn't Slavic.
So russian empires needed to be only in urals, by ethnic-mocking american racists' logic.
B Roli whoa
@@I_EaTApple Even Georgian Stalin is more slav than a jew kerensky
@@IvanIvanov-gu6mw hahah lmao
You forgot that most famous moment of Kerensky’s life. When he was shot and killed outside the Duma after holding the Russian Republic together after the Weltkrieg.
Vexillology Hub ikr. Tasteful Kaiserreich. Just a question, which path do you normally take?
@@arunlewis4416 Fur Gott, Kaiser und Vaterland!
Syndicalist America, I also like democratic Ireland, but the Union of Britain tend to just bunker down on their island until they get nuked.
Pfft. We all know Kolchak is the true supreme leader of russia.
Then Tsar Kyrill is crowned and Russia is by that time a constitutional monarchy, would Kerensky accept this or hate this?
"Because his car had the American flag, it was able to easily pass all Bolshevik checkpoints" well, that's an odd sentence.
How time changes the context of things...
Simon's transitions to his sponsors reminds me of how commercials were done in early 50s tv in Canada and the USA.
Do Alexandr Kolchak, Admiral of the Tsars Navy, would be pretty epic!
I want one on Vasili Arkhipov, the man who saved the world.
@@bullmoosemedia that soviet officer who didnt send the nuke?
@@trollinape2697 Yes!
Supreme Ruler of Russia
How the hell don't you have millions of of subs!?! I follow all your channels. Great writing and a great voice to listen too.
Have you seen what the average American watches on TH-cam? Just look at what’s “trending” on TH-cam. Most Americans are anti-intellectuals.
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When I was growing up in the'60's in NYC and first reading Russian history, Kerensky and Prince Yusapov, 2 failed 'actors' in Russia's distant past, both lived in Manhattan's Upper Westside.
Does anyone else find it mind-boggling that such an important figure in Russian revolutionary history is buried in a simple grave in south west London? Or is it just me?
Well so is Karl marx
Was Trotsky treated any better?
@@samuelstephen8147 at he didn't get mummified and being forced to become a tourist attraction lmao
Yeah, that's just damn creepy.
@@randomk7198Karl Marx is buried in Highgate in North London.
I have a book that was published right after the February Revolution, and the poor, deluded author (who was Russian herself) wrote something to the effect that Russia would become a "democracy" like those that existed in Britain and France, etc. Kerensky himself *could have* made this prediction come true. I think his greatest mistake was in listening to those "democracies" that wanted Russia to stay in WWI. In my opinion, if he had withdrawn the country form this war, he might have actually led his country out of the nightmare it had experienced and would experience, both under the Tsar and the Bolsheviks. In any case, I thank you for producing this video regarding what might have been, if Kerensky had made wiser choices as head of the Provisional Government.
My family fled Russia in 1914. I regret not asking them more about their circumstances there while they were still alive. All they really said about it is that they were fleeing the Communists, but the Communists were not in charge in 1914. I have been trying to get an idea about what Russia was like in 1914 that may have caused them to leave their homes. WWI had to have been a factor. This episode is another piece of the puzzle, one that has gotten little attention. Most people I have known think that Russia went straight from the Tzars to Lenin and Communism. Turns out, it was not that simple! Thanks for the episode!
Interesting to have him as a subject. I've delved into the Russian revolutions and civil war a few times (i studied history), and have frequently wondered about Kereksky's position in the whole thing.
You didn't read into his position? He's a key player in the Russian revolutions.
@@robinroos2254 I put it the wrong way, my mistake, i meant how he got into his position in the politics to begin with. I might have read into that to some degree, but I also have memory loss (medical history, little cost me a bit of my brain, and forced me to stop studying altogether). It didn't stop my passion for history though, just have to 'rediscover' some stuff.
Kerensky was the architect of the Russian Revolution and Russian representative democracy. Then Lenin launched a coup in July and failed miserably. Kerensky didn't bash Lenin's brains in with a hammer and cut his head off with a sickle, but instead forgave him. So Lenin tried again, won this time, and created a despotic socialist tyranny that lasted for seven decades and spread socialist hate all over the world.
5:50 funny how the film REDS showed Jack Reed with a kidney removed and mentions Kerensky in the same manner as... The Battleship Potemkin :)
wow, what an excellent presentation.
How about doing a bio on Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - 2008) ?
"Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century,
and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press."
Now HIS would be in interesting story to tell !!
I dare you...
it's a name familiar-sounding to Battletech veterans...
peace (from the UK)
All systems nominal.
I always forget that Kerensky was a real person, too. Tex's talk on the Star League is super fresh in my mind
Being of the Warhammer 40k Diaspora to Battletech, hearing the fact that there's a historical Kerensky threw me for a loop. I was half expecting to hear of a name similar to Stefan Amaris in all of this.
Also, greetings from the United States, regardless of how late and/or drunk I am.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim would be great episode!
Is he from Finland?
@@lagitanavderoscio yes
He was interesting. I requested a BioGraphics on him, also.
@@lagitanavderoscio Same here , a little known figure but a very interesting life - soldier, courtier, spy, Civil War (white side) and WW2 commander, President of Finland. Some life!
Kerenskys assassin watching him walk up steps be like: so you have chosen death
Great biography mate. Please make a bio focusing on the life of either Victor Hugo or Alexandre Dumas. It would be really helpful and very appreciated. Keep up the good work.
Hey, at least Stalin didnt send an assassin to kill him right?
Probably because Kerensky wasn't a threat to his regime by that point, I'd thought.
Stalin assassinated abroad only those who where communists, in his opposition within the CP. Kerensky never was a communist.
“ The Russian people are suffering from economic fatigue and delusionment with the Allies! The world thinks the Russian Revolution is at an end. Do not mistaken. The Russian Revolution is just the beginning.” Alexander Kerensky
Jean baptist-Bernadotte please! From a French nobody to one of Napoleons generals and later king of Sweden-Norway.
Your closing comments echo what I've always wondered.
I've always been fascinated by Kerensky and wondered how different Russia and indeed the world might've been had he prevailed.
Russia would have been in a much worse state, and a Nazi victory much more likely
Great video like always. You're such an inspiration for my own channel. Thanks a bunch!!!
Thank you so much for this bio.
This is interesting and I would like to see a video on Tsar Nicholas ii
Biographics please do videos on these people:
Rudolf Hess
Patrice Lumumba
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
Warren G Harding
How about a biographics episode on Pietr Stolypin, which begs the question how Russia would have ended up had Stolypin's reforms been successful and had he lived long enough to convince Nicholas to stay out of the war.
Simon, you are a gem.
Good video.
awesome surprise! thanks!
Outstanding vid!
Doug Fletcher, my 7th grade home room teacher (1967) had Kerensky as a prof at Stanford. He mentioned him several times in class, in a substantiative way.
Good video as Always! keep it up!
All i can think about wile watching this is...
*ai ai Kerenski!*
I’m offcourse talking about the song ”Kerenski” by Eija Merilä
There were too many bloody Sundays in Ireland.
Cormac MacSuibhne it’s almost like a tradition here, why is it always on sundays though?
Totally agree.
You can help by expanding this.
@Lucalite The crusades are often looked at outside of their proper context. Can't have a REconquista without some prior conquest going on after all. There's a pretty good channel called RealCrusadesHistory on TH-cam, on there they tell the story with a little more depth than you'd get in the popular perception, and also debunk a lot of myths about the whole time period. Highly recommended.
Let's get some Michael Collins Éamon de Valera, Seán Lemass, Pádraig Pearse and Jack Lynch bios up here
Thank you .
Alexander Kerenksy couldn't satisfy the Russians with his plans, but doing your biography at one million subscribers will!
Stfu and stop harassing him about doing his Biographic episode.
@@darkseidlordofapokolips8943 Lol no
@EmperorJuliusCaesar Privacy is an illusion anyway, might as well quit pretending it's still a thing.
Pretty sure he’s said he’s not gonna do it. Sorry bud
I’m glad to see the Kaiserreich community is here in full force.
1:45 - Chapter 1 - A dancing lawyer
5:05 - Chapter 2 - Storm cloud gather
6:55 - Chapter 3 - Revolution & bad moves
10:20 - Mid roll ads
11:50 - Chapter 3.1 - Bad move n°1 (Spark a military coup)
12:30 - Chapter 3.2 - Bad move n°2 (Arm your rivals)
12:55 - Chapter 3.3 - Bad move n°3 (Pick the wrong allies)
16:15 - Chapter 3.4 - Bad move n°4 (Alienate all military support)
17:15 - Chapter 4 - Life in exile
20:00 - Chapter 5 - Legacy
Thanks for this Kerensky has missed getting proper historic recognition. A true revolutionary. Bruselo v was a brilliant General and K sacks him? Big mistake.
Do one on Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, he was just killed
Great vid. Learned a lot about AK.
Ok, I SMASHED that Like button! Nice watches by the way!
A GR8 unknown report about Kerensky and the events before the 1917 Russain Revolution, thumbs-up.
Could you do more video on Russian leaders in find them intresting maybe Breznav can be next?
In fact Lenin was born earlier than Kerensky.
Hey Simon, you meant to say Lenin was born 11 year earlier.
Very recommendable!
I haven't worn a watch in 45 years & have had no use for one since the advent of smart phone tech., but that watch looks sooo cool on Simon.
Hy @BioGraphics big up on yur videos 👍🏾.
They really in depth and easy to understand .. Can yu guys do a Hendrik Verwoerd video , hes was a South African politician in the 20th century known as the achitect of apartheid .. As a young south african i would like to learn more about him as hes part of my countrys history ..
I would love to see a video made about William Mariner. A writer, who lived in Tonga for some years and wrote a book about his experiences.
He is fascinating.
The Thunderbird was go. I see what you did there.
What’s the word? Thunderbird! What’s the Price? Two times thrice!
I want this to be battletech, I know it's not but I want it.
oh well I'll listen to Simon, and the "real" kerensky
Somewhere Jordan Weisman is smiling.
I came here thinking Kerensky stomped The Usurper into pulp....
@@Pork_eating_crusader General Kerensky had the usurper, the usurper's family, and allies slammed against a wall and summarily shot! Here Tex explains it: /watch?v=ZQVrAdhCfc4&t=7569s
I was in charge of the mold room at fasa and used to run Battletech games at conventions. Me and my brother are registered mechwarrior pilots #1 & #2 and Greyson Death Carlyle was a kid named Bill whose dad was a Chicago Police Officer. You can find a Mitch O'Connell drawing of me along with Field Marshals Leeper and Fell in Aerospace I, pg. 4. And Kerensky launched his offensive to retake the inner sphere on my birthday, July 23. And I still have the fasa B-tech training Brigades of the original plastic models as I didn't destroy mine when they moved to metal.
That filmmaker they pictured at the very beginning of this video looks like the “Ancient Aliens” guy. Coincidence?
No, because, "Aliens!", duh.
Ancient Aliens Theorists say possibly!
That filmmaker is one of the greatest artists of the XXth century. A total genius.
Fascinating man
I'm really here for the Vincero watches.
LOL A vincero watch ad played before the video started
My new addiction :)
Thanks
I would love to see a movie about the rise and fall of Kerensky and the Russian democratic dream. He looked a little like Rami Malek too.
I've always thought that to be a successful revolutionary, you should be a dancing lawyer first.
Nope, at least you should born in Simbirsk:)
Canada has a drama teacher as its Prime Minister. Does that count?
*The Thunderbird was go!* LOL!
Jack reed, Huey Long,
Mark Anthony,
Rodrigo Borgia, and his son Cesare Borgia
KINGFISH
I'm from Brisbane. I never knew about this.
I never knew that the pram shootout scene in *The Untouchables* was stolen from an early Russian film. Thanks for that.
1 min 30 is a good time for a mid-roll. I'm watching videos with 3-4 minutes adverts imbedded. People just skip.
We can only how different Russia might look today if Kerensky had the spine to resist British and French pressure. Anyone should have been able to see that the Russian state was absolutely in no position to continue prosecuting such a massive war.
I would love to see a Biographic on Bao Dai and Yuri Gagarin,
Is nobody going to comment on that subtle Thunderbirds reference?
Love the reference
How about an episode on George Bernard Shaw? He's the only person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature & win an Oscar. He also casually co-founded the London School of Economics. Talk about a resume!
I got a ad from a different watch company on this video lol
Hey ! Awesome video as always.
Could you do Tchang Kai Chek ? The leader of Nationalist China during WW2 and founder of Taiwan
The Thunderbirds was go. I understood that reference.
Btw when are we going to get a Jack Reed biography?
great channel, could you do soljenitin in the future?
Hey Simon, do you actually wear Vincero watches?
in politics Good intentions are never enough
Bright mind and Skills also needed
I've seen Battleship Potemkin a few years ago, and i can only recommend it. If you can bear silent movies, that is. It was actually really funny in some parts, though i'm not sure it was supposed to nearly 100 years ago.
At 6:50 I read, "Revolution & Dad Moves"
Can you please do the Biography of Johannes Kepler
Could you do a video on Claus von Stauffenberg?
You should do one on Viktor Chernov. he was part of the russian revolution and seems very interesting, but I haven't seen much about him.
That IS a nice watch
11 years earlier, not latet
How about a video about Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek?
"Admiral" is another good film depicting White Russia. But the movie ends the only way it could have ended.
If I learned anything from Simon, in regards to war time events, it would be this; it's always in April...
Could you do Enver Hoxha?
If you take suggestions, episode about Shokan Ualikhanov maybe great, he may not be that influential in world history, but he had interesting life.
Parallels with kuomintang's failed state
Can you make a video on Theodore Herzl?
Israelis watching Simon's vids, I think I can die in peace now
"Kerensky! These freeform skum shall not humiliate me any longer!"
It was probably a slip of the tongue; Lenin was actually born 11 years earlier(1870) than Kerensky(1881).
Do one on Lucky Luciano
Fort Wayne's namesake "Mad" Anthony Wayne please Simon
Question for those that see TH-cam ads, Do you still see TH-cam ads when the video tries to sell you something like in this video?
Quality content can't be cheap to make and provide.