http://www.keywestlou.com/2009/04/there-was-quiet-that-hung-over-us-as-we.html
My Life in Key West
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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Keresnsky, overthrown by the Reds, had to to flee Russia to save his life.
He ultimately settled in New York City and eventualy became a Professor at Columbia University.
I attended Manhattan College in New York City. Columbia and Manhattan are on the Seventh Ave subway line. Columbia at 116th Street and Manhattan at 242nd Street.
Kerensky agreed to be a visiting professor at Manhatttan College for one semester. To teach Russian history covering the 20 years from 1898 to 1918. The 20 years leading up to the Russian revolution and the revolution itself. He rode the subway 2 times a week from Columbia to Manhattan and back to teach the course.
The class was limited. About 20 persons. I was lucky to get into it! I was excited to take the course. I was a history major and what could be better than to take a course from an individual who had actually lived the material he was teaching!
The course was fantastic! Wild! Overwhelming at times if you were a history freak as I was. Here was a man who led the revolution! And a man who understood the consequences of communism. Recognize that I was taking this course around 1955, a time when the United States and Russia were in deep conflict. The threat of actual war hung over us. About this same time Kruschev, the then Russian leader, took his shoe off at the United Nations, slammed it on a desk and told the world Russia was going to bury the United States. The conflict was reality!
Kerensky was distinguished appearing. He had presence. Soft spoken. If I had to compare him physically to someone, I would say he looked like a white haired Jack Kennedy.
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Posted by Key West Lou at 5:57 AM
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Key West Lou
* Age: 73
* Gender: Male
* Astrological Sign: Cancer
* Zodiac Year: Boar
* Occupation: Retired to Paradise
* Location: Key West : Florida : United States
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Jasper “Key West Lou” [MC1957]
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