   alexander fyodorovich kerensky (, ; &nbsp;â 11 june 1970) was a lawyer and major political leader before the russian revolutions of 1917 belonging to a moderate socialist party, called trudoviks. after the february revolution kerensky served as minister of justice in the democratic russian provisional government. in may he became minister of war. in july he became the second prime minister until it was overthrown by the bolsheviks in the october revolution. he spent the remainder of his life in exile, dying in new york city at the age of 89. ==life and career== === early life and activism === alexander kerensky was born in simbirsk (now ulyanovsk) on the volga river on 2 may 1881. his father, fyodor kerensky, was a teacher, and director of the local gymnasium. he came from a family of russian orthodox priests. his mother, nadezhda nÃ©e adler, was born to a russian german nobleman, alexander adler, who was head of the topographical bureau of the kazan [[military district (russi
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