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Alexander Feodorovitch KERENSKI, alias Miloutine MARKAVITCH: Russian. KERENSKI, a...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/660
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This record is about the Alexander Feodorovitch KERENSKI, alias Miloutine MARKAVITCH: Russian. KERENSKI, a... dating from 1940 Jul 04-1951 Aug 22 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/660
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940 Jul 04-1951 Aug 22
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Description (What the record is about)
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Alexander Feodorovitch KERENSKI, alias Miloutine MARKAVITCH: Russian. KERENSKI, a moderate socialist who was Prime Minister of Russia in the run-up to the October 1917 Revolution and struggled to maintain a coalition between the moderates and the Bolsheviks, was in the event unsuccessful and left the Soviet Union when the Bolsheviks took power. These papers relate to his activities and his travels thereafter, including to the UK, where he lived for a time both in London and Tunbridge Wells, and they include some copies of his correspondence
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Volume 4 was destroyed in a fire in 1940
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF52 VOL 5
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- file(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Asia
- Europe and Russia
- Communism
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11016644/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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