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 2
Galician Offensive of 1917 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I military campaign
military offensive
alliance Entente Powers
alsoKnownAs Kerensky Offensive
surface form: Galician Offensive of 1917

July Offensive
belligerent Imperial Russian Army
surface form: 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 Aleksey Brusilov
surface form: Aleksei Brusilov

Alexander Kerensky
Lavr Kornilov
conflict World War I
country Russian Provisional Government
surface form: 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
West Galicia
surface form: Galicia

present-day Ukraine
militaryBranch Imperial Russian Army
surface form: Imperial Russian Army remnants
militaryTheater Eastern Front
namedAfter Alexander Kerensky
opposedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

German Empire
opposingAlliance Central Powers
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War I
politicalContext Russian Provisional Government rule after February Revolution
precededBy Brusilov Offensive
relatedEvent Russian Revolution
surface form: February Revolution

Russian Revolution
surface form: October Revolution
result Central Powers victory
Russian offensive failure
startDate 1917-07-01
timePeriod July 1917

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Eastern Front includesBattle Kerensky Offensive
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War I)
Brusilov Offensive followedBy Kerensky Offensive
Kerensky Offensive alsoKnownAs Kerensky Offensive
this entity surface form: Galician Offensive of 1917