Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov Biography

Studies at the Siberian Cadet Corps before entering army service.

Trains at the Mikhailovsky Artillery School in Saint Petersburg.

Receives an officer commission and begins service in Turkestan.

Studies at the Nikolaev General Staff Academy.

Serves as an intelligence and staff officer in Central Asia.

Conducts reconnaissance and intelligence work near Central Asia.

Serves with Russian forces during the war against Japan.

Serves during the fighting around Mukden.

Serves as Russian military attache in China.

Returns to command duties before the First World War.

Commands the 48th Infantry Division after war begins.

Leads troops during Russia early advance in Galicia.

Fights in difficult mountain operations against Austro-Hungarian forces.

His division is caught during the Russian retreat.

Is captured by Austro-Hungarian forces after heavy fighting.

Escapes from Austro-Hungarian captivity and returns to Russia.

Is celebrated after escaping captivity and resumes military service.

Serves again on the Southwestern Front after returning to duty.

Military breakdown contributes to wider political instability.

Arz coordinates Austro-Hungarian military responses to the offensive.

Austro-Hungarian commanders organise defensive measures against the Russian attack.

Russian commanders struggle to maintain effective control over forces.

The Russian front weakens as units refuse further offensive operations.

The government reviews military administration following defeat.

The offensive becomes a symbol of the Russian army's collapse in 1917.

Command failures contribute to the collapse of the offensive.

The Eleventh Army participates in operations during the offensive.

Central Powers forces respond to Russian attacks around Tarnopol.

Supports order as the imperial regime collapses.

Tries to restore discipline among revolutionary soldiers.

Is appointed commander of the Petrograd Military District.

Carries out orders connected with custody of the imperial family.

Carries out orders connected with custody of the imperial family.

Receives command of the Eighth Army on the Southwestern Front.

Leads the Eighth Army during the Russian summer offensive.

His troops capture Kalusz before the offensive collapses.

Demands stronger discipline as Russian units begin to disintegrate.

Kornilov becomes supreme commander and presses for stronger measures to restore discipline in the armed forces.

Receives growing support from officers after becoming army leader.

Replaces Brusilov as commander in chief of the Russian army.

Calls for harsh measures to restore discipline at the front.

Presses Kerensky for authority to rebuild army discipline.

Inspects army units and demands stricter discipline.

Develops plans for stronger executive and military authority.

Receives conservative support during the Moscow State Conference.

Warns that military collapse threatens revolutionary Russia.

Receives applause from conservative officers and public figures.

Issues orders aimed at restoring obedience in the army.

Socialists fear his programme could threaten revolutionary gains.

Discusses moving reliable troops toward Petrograd.

Relations with Kerensky deteriorate over power and military authority.

Uses Krymov cavalry corps in plans involving Petrograd.

Negotiates with Savinkov over restoring authority in the capital.

Receives Vladimir Lvov as tensions with Kerensky grow.

Orders troops toward Petrograd as the crisis escalates.

The Caucasian Native Cavalry Division is drawn into Petrograd plans.

Insists that military authority must be strengthened to save Russia.

Insists that stronger military authority is required to restore discipline and prevent further collapse of the Russian army.

Presses demands for stronger government and military measures as tensions with Kerensky reach a critical stage.

Kornilov refuses Kerensky's dismissal and continues military movements that the government denounces as rebellion.

His advance alarms the Petrograd Soviet and the government.

Rejects Kerensky dismissal and calls for resistance to disorder.

Rejects Kerensky's dismissal and presents his actions as necessary to defend Russia from disorder and military disintegration.

Appeals to officers and soldiers after Kerensky publicly denounces his actions as a challenge to the government.

Appeals to the army after Kerensky denounces him.

Attempts to rally military support while troops associated with his movement continue toward the Petrograd region.

Maintains that his programme is intended to restore order rather than destroy the revolution.

Krymov cavalry advance toward Petrograd falters near Luga.

His attempted move on Petrograd loses momentum as railway workers intervene.

Receives reports that railway workers are delaying troop movements and disrupting communications with advancing units.

Finds support weakening as soldiers encounter political delegations urging them not to move against Petrograd.

Railway workers disrupt troop movements toward Petrograd.

Finds support collapsing as soldiers are persuaded not to advance.

Learns that key units are refusing to continue the operation and that the movement toward Petrograd is breaking down.

Attempts to maintain authority at army headquarters as political and military support for his action collapses.

Agitators persuade many soldiers not to continue the advance.

The attempted march on Petrograd fails without major battle.

The attempted movement on Petrograd ends without a major battle as supporting troops disperse or abandon the operation.

Faces the failure of his challenge after communication failures, railway resistance and political agitation stop the advance.

The collapse of the affair destroys Kornilov's command position and deepens hostility between conservative officers and Kerensky.

His failed challenge becomes a major turning point in the political decline of the Provisional Government.

Kornilov is arrested after the failure of his confrontation with Kerensky and is later confined at Bykhov.

Is arrested after the failure of the Kornilov Affair.

Remains at army headquarters while government authorities prepare to remove and detain officers connected with the affair.

Accepts arrest after the affair collapses.

Is held with other officers after his arrest.

Is imprisoned alongside Denikin and other senior officers.

Becomes a symbol for anti-Bolshevik military circles.

Detention at Bykhov preserves future White commanders.

His programme remains associated with demands for military discipline.

Remains imprisoned when Bolsheviks seize power in Petrograd.

Travels toward the Don to join anti-Bolshevik forces.

Is released after the Bolshevik seizure of power.

Moves south after release to avoid Bolshevik control.

Joins anti-Bolshevik officers gathering around Alekseev.

Helps form the Volunteer Army with Alekseev and Denikin.

His name becomes associated with elite White formations.

Assumes leading command in the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army.

Argues for uncompromising military struggle against Bolshevism.

Leads the Volunteer Army in the retreat known as the Ice March.

Withdraws as Red forces threaten the Volunteer Army base.

Leads the Volunteer Army toward the Kuban during the civil war.

Leads the difficult march into the Kuban region.

Becomes a symbol of White resistance after his death.

Begins the assault on Ekaterinodar against Bolshevik forces.

Orders attacks against the Bolshevik-held city.

Is killed by artillery fire during the siege of Ekaterinodar.

Kornilov is killed by artillery fire during the Volunteer Army's assault on Ekaterinodar.

His death leaves Denikin to assume command of the Volunteer Army.