Negotiations with Kerensky
Relations with Kerensky deteriorate over power and military authority.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov through 109 dated historical records for Russia.
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
109Distinct records
2 of 3Page
1917–1917Years on this page
1917
Krymov Mission
Uses Krymov cavalry corps in plans involving Petrograd.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Savinkov Negotiations
Negotiates with Savinkov over restoring authority in the capital.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Lvov Mission
Receives Vladimir Lvov as tensions with Kerensky grow.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Petrograd Troop Movement
Orders troops toward Petrograd as the crisis escalates.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Savage Division Movement
The Caucasian Native Cavalry Division is drawn into Petrograd plans.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Insists that military authority must be strengthened to save Russia.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Insists that stronger military authority is required to restore discipline and prevent further collapse of the Russian army.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Presses demands for stronger government and military measures as tensions with Kerensky reach a critical stage.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
His advance alarms the Petrograd Soviet and the government.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Advance toward Petrograd
Kornilov refuses Kerensky's dismissal and continues military movements that the government denounces as rebellion.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Appeals to officers and soldiers after Kerensky publicly denounces his actions as a challenge to the government.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Rejects Kerensky dismissal and calls for resistance to disorder.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Rejects Kerensky's dismissal and presents his actions as necessary to defend Russia from disorder and military disintegration.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Appeals to the army after Kerensky denounces him.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Attempts to rally military support while troops associated with his movement continue toward the Petrograd region.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Maintains that his programme is intended to restore order rather than destroy the revolution.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Krymov Advance
Krymov cavalry advance toward Petrograd falters near Luga.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Finds support weakening as soldiers encounter political delegations urging them not to move against Petrograd.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
His attempted move on Petrograd loses momentum as railway workers intervene.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Receives reports that railway workers are delaying troop movements and disrupting communications with advancing units.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Railway Strike
Railway workers disrupt troop movements toward Petrograd.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Attempts to maintain authority at army headquarters as political and military support for his action collapses.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Finds support collapsing as soldiers are persuaded not to advance.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Learns that key units are refusing to continue the operation and that the movement toward Petrograd is breaking down.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Troop Demoralisation
Agitators persuade many soldiers not to continue the advance.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Faces the failure of his challenge after communication failures, railway resistance and political agitation stop the advance.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
The attempted march on Petrograd fails without major battle.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
The attempted movement on Petrograd ends without a major battle as supporting troops disperse or abandon the operation.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Arrest after Kornilov Affair
Kornilov is arrested after the failure of his confrontation with Kerensky and is later confined at Bykhov.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
Remains at army headquarters while government authorities prepare to remove and detain officers connected with the affair.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Arrest of Kornilov
Is arrested after the failure of the Kornilov Affair.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Surrenders
Accepts arrest after the affair collapses.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Bykhov Prison
Is held with other officers after his arrest.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Bykhov Officers
Is imprisoned alongside Denikin and other senior officers.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair Aftermath
Becomes a symbol for anti-Bolshevik military circles.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Bykhov Detention
Detention at Bykhov preserves future White commanders.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Army Discipline Debate
His programme remains associated with demands for military discipline.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
His failed challenge becomes a major turning point in the political decline of the Provisional Government.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Kornilov Affair
The collapse of the affair destroys Kornilov's command position and deepens hostility between conservative officers and Kerensky.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.