Jailbirds of Kerensky

Jailbirds of Kerensky ()Ivanov, V. Where have flown "jailbirds of Kerensky"? (Куда улетели «птенцы Керенского»?). Istoriya. 29 November 2017 was an informal term used during the Russian Revolution for people who were released from Russian jails on amnesty. A total of three amnesties were enacted by Russian Minister of Justice Alexander Kerensky in 1917. According to some historians, about 90,000 political prisoners were released along with an unknown number of non-political prisoners.

When Kerensky was appointed a Minister of Justice in the newly established Russian Provisional Government, on the Russian Ministry of Justice abolished special civil courts, the Okhrana (Russian secret police), and the Russian Gendarmerie. On Kerensky's ministry issued an order of political amnesty. Following that on military amnesty was announced and after three days the Ministry of Justice issued a ruling "On the relief of the fate of persons who have committed criminal offenses" ().

Following the amnesty, on the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) adopted a resolution about the Provisional Government which stated that the main task of the Soviets is "The universal arming of the people and, in particular, the immediate creation of a workers' Red Guard throughout the country".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. On 26 March 1917 this decision was published in the Bolshevik party newspaper "Pravda".

Jailbirds of Kerensky

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