Mogilev in History

Begins experimenting with military settlements combining agricultural labour with military service.

Appointed Commander of the Russian armed forces

Appointed Commander of the Russian armed forces

Brusilov reviews the failure of the offensive and problems within the army.

Stavka receives reports about battlefield developments and operational difficulties.

Departs for Mogliev

The Tsar leaves for the General Headquarters in Mogilev

Armed clashes with the police occur, with many killed and wounded, Empress Alexandra writes to Nicholas II, "This is a hooligan campaign, with boys and girls running about shouting that they have no bread..all this will surely pass"

Brusilov becomes supreme commander of the Russian army as the Provisional Government prepares a new offensive.

Becomes commander in chief and prepares the army for the summer attack.

Works on operational planning at Stavka before the offensive begins.

Approves the final timetable for the renewed Russian attack.

Receives early reports of Russian advances in Galicia.

Sees the offensive weaken as soldiers refuse renewed attacks.

Recognises that the operation has failed to restore army cohesion.

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.

Develops plans for stronger executive and military authority.

Issues orders aimed at restoring obedience in the army.

Discusses moving reliable troops toward Petrograd.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dukhonin refuses the Soviet government's order to open armistice negotiations with the Central Powers.

Dukhonin is killed by soldiers at army headquarters after Krylenko arrives to assume command.