# Kerensky — The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism character guide

> Kerensky in The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism by Bertrand Russell.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-the-practice-and-theory-of-bolshevism

## Who they are

Former head of the Provisional Government, contrasted with Bolsheviks.

## In the story

### [VI: The Failure of Russian Industry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_practice_and_theory_of_bolshevism_se/chapters/vi-the-failure-of-russian-industry)

Mentioned as a prior cause of industrial disorganization under his government.

### [III: Bolshevik Criticism of Democracy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_practice_and_theory_of_bolshevism_se/chapters/iii-bolshevik-criticism-of-democracy)

Mentioned indirectly through the context of the Russian Revolution and the Bolshevik seizure of power in November 1917.

### [Why Russian Communism Has Failed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_practice_and_theory_of_bolshevism_se/chapters/vi-why-russian-communism-has-failed)

Mentioned as predecessor whose government was even less efficient than the Bolsheviks'.

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