June 1917

British Major-General Alfred W. F. Knox's June 30th letter reporting Kerenski's reception by the Russian Army

"When Kerenski visited the 2nd Division of the Guard yesterday the men formed into two groups, 6,000 surrounding him, cheering, while 4,000 held another ‘meeting’ some hundreds of yards distant.  Kerenski said he wanted to speak to all of the men, and asked the hostile group to come over.  They refused, called him a ‘bourgeois’ and said they only wanted fight the bourgeoisie.  They refused a hearing to an office who tried to persuade them.  They yelled:  'Down with war!' 'Down with everything!'"(638).

 

 

 

 

Click here to read "Root Commission Reaches Russia" from the New York Times on June 4, 1917
Click here to read "The Russia of Yesterday and Today" from the New York Times on June 10, 1917

Kerensky Reviews troops
Kerenski reviews troops (New York Public Library).

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