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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kerensky Offensive canonical | 2 |
| Galician Offensive of 1917 | 1 |
Statements (45)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eastern Front (World War I)
this entity surface form:
Galician Offensive of 1917