Kerensky Offensive

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The Kerensky Offensive was a major but ultimately unsuccessful 1917 Russian military campaign against the Central Powers that hastened the collapse of the Russian Provisional Government during World War I.

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Label Occurrences
Kerensky Offensive canonical 5
Galician Offensive of 1917 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I military campaign ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alliance Entente Powers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Galician Offensive of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Kerensky Offensive

July Offensive ⓘ
belligerent Russian Army ⓘ
Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
casualties heavy Russian casualties ⓘ
significant Central Powers casualties ⓘ
cause Kerensky’s attempt to restore discipline and offensive spirit in the army ⓘ
pressure from the Entente Allies for Russia to maintain an active front ⓘ
commander Aleksei Brusilov ⓘ
linked to: Aleksey Brusilov

Alexander Kerensky ⓘ
Lavr Kornilov ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country Russian Republic ⓘ
effect collapse of Russian Army morale ⓘ
increased desertions from the Russian Army ⓘ
strengthening of Bolshevik influence ⓘ
weakening of the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
endDate 1917-07-19 ⓘ
followedBy German counteroffensive in Galicia ⓘ
frontLine Austro-Russian front in Galicia ⓘ
goal to boost domestic and Allied confidence in the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
to renew Russian offensive operations against the Central Powers ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to the fall of the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
hastened the disintegration of the Russian Army ⓘ
location Eastern Front ⓘ
Galicia ⓘ
linked to: West Galicia

present-day Ukraine ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial Russian Army remnants ⓘ
militaryTheater Eastern Front ⓘ
namedAfter Alexander Kerensky ⓘ
opposedBy Austria-Hungary ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
opposingAlliance Central Powers ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War I ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
politicalContext Russian Provisional Government rule after February Revolution ⓘ
precededBy Brusilov Offensive ⓘ
relatedEvent February Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution

October Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
result Central Powers victory ⓘ
Russian offensive failure ⓘ
startDate 1917-07-01 ⓘ
timePeriod July 1917 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Front (World War I) → includesBattle → Kerensky Offensive ⓘ
subject linked to: Eastern Front
Brusilov Offensive → followedBy → Kerensky Offensive ⓘ
Kerensky Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Galician Offensive of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Kerensky Offensive
July Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Kerensky Offensive ⓘ
July Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Galician Offensive of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Kerensky Offensive
German counteroffensive in Galicia → hasCause → Kerensky Offensive ⓘ