Jailbirds of Kerensky

Jailbirds of Kerensky (Russian: Птенцы Керенского, Ptentsy Kerenskogo)[1] was informal term of Russian Revolution for people who were released from Russian jails on amnesty that was announced by Russian Minister of Justice Alexander Kerensky in March of 1917. According to some historians, among politically amnestied there were about 90,000 convicts who were released by three amnesties of the 1917 Russian Provisional Government and since March of 1917 freedom received thousands of inveterate criminals.

When Kerensky was appointed a minister of Justice in the newly established Russian Provisional Government, on 16 March [O.S. 3 March] 1917 Russian Ministry of Justice abolished special civil courts, Okhranka (Russian secret police), and the Russian Gendarmerie. On 19 March [O.S. 6 March] 1917 the Kerensky's ministry issued an order of political amnesty. Following that on 27 March [O.S. 14 March] 1917 there was announced military amnesty and after three days the Ministry of Justice issued a ruling "On the relief of the fate of persons who have committed criminal offenses" (Russian: Об облегчении участи лиц, совершивших уголовные преступления).

Following the amnesty, on 22 March 1917 bureau of the Central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks) adopted resolution about the Provisional Government which stated that the main task of Soviets is "universal arming of people and, in particular, immediate creation of the workers' Red Guards throughout the country".[2] On 26 March 1917 this decision was published in newspaper "Pravda".

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References

  1. ↑ Ivanov, V. Where have flown "jailbirds of Kerensky"? (Куда улетели «птенцы Керенского»?). Istoriya. 29 November 2017
  2. ↑ Konev, A. Red Guards on the defence of the October, organization of the first detachments of Red Guards and how they were armed (Красная Гвардия на защите Октября - Организация первых отрядов Красной гвардии и их вооружение). Leninism.
  • Syromiatnikov, N. "Jailbirds of Kerensky": the First Criminal Revolution in Russia («Птенцы Керенского»: первая криминальная революция в России). Russkaya 7. 5 January 2018
  • Galperin, Ye. Jailbirds of Kerensky (Птенцы Керенского). Rabies of the Bastard. "Litres". 2017 ISBN 9785040673834
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