Kornilov Affair
Bolshevik organisers gain greater freedom to mobilise workers and soldiers for the defence of Petrograd.
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August
Kornilov Affair
Bolsheviks gain influence by helping resist Kornilov.
Kornilov Affair
The party presents Kornilov's action as evidence that counter-revolutionary forces threaten the gains of February.
Krymov Advance
Krymov cavalry advance toward Petrograd falters near Luga.
Kornilov Affair
Relies on railway workers and political activists to disrupt communications and troop movements toward Petrograd.
Kornilov Affair
Seeks support from loyal military units as Kornilov's advance begins losing momentum outside the capital.
Kornilov Affair
Finds support weakening as soldiers encounter political delegations urging them not to move against Petrograd.
Kornilov Affair
His attempted move on Petrograd loses momentum as railway workers intervene.
Kornilov Affair
Receives reports that railway workers are delaying troop movements and disrupting communications with advancing units.
Kornilov Affair
Bolshevik activists help organise resistance while railway workers and soldiers obstruct the advance toward Petrograd.
Kornilov Affair
The crisis allows Bolshevik organisers to rebuild influence among workers after the repression following the July Days.
Railway Strike
Railway workers disrupt troop movements toward Petrograd.
Kornilov Affair
Attempts to restore government authority as the immediate military danger from Kornilov rapidly diminishes.
Kornilov Affair
Receives reports that soldiers are abandoning the advance after railway disruption and revolutionary agitation.
Kornilov Affair
Attempts to maintain authority at army headquarters as political and military support for his action collapses.
Kornilov Affair
Finds support collapsing as soldiers are persuaded not to advance.
Kornilov Affair
Learns that key units are refusing to continue the operation and that the movement toward Petrograd is breaking down.
Kornilov Affair
Bolshevik political influence grows as Kornilov's forces lose momentum and the immediate threat to Petrograd recedes.
Troop Demoralisation
Agitators persuade many soldiers not to continue the advance.
Kornilov Affair
Emerges from the failed Kornilov movement with emergency authority but weakened support among conservatives and socialists.
Kornilov Affair
Faces the failure of his challenge after communication failures, railway resistance and political agitation stop the advance.
Kornilov Affair
The attempted march on Petrograd fails without major battle.
Kornilov Affair
The attempted movement on Petrograd ends without a major battle as supporting troops disperse or abandon the operation.
Kornilov Affair
The failure of Kornilov strengthens Bolshevik claims that revolutionary organisations successfully defended the capital.
Arrest of Nicholas II
Under arrest at Tobolsk in Siberia from August for 8 months
Bolshevik Party
Appointed Chairman of the Lugansk Soviet, 2nd term
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Lugansk Soviet, 2nd term
Election to Bolshevik Central Committee
Is elected to the Bolshevik Central Committee as the party prepares for a new phase of revolutionary struggle.
Joins the Bolshevik Party
Joins the Bolshevik Party with the Mezhrayonka during the party's Sixth Congress.
Transfer to Tobolsk
Nicholas II and his family are transferred from Tsarskoye Selo to Tobolsk for confinement away from Petrograd.
September
Arrest after Kornilov Affair
Kornilov is arrested after the failure of his confrontation with Kerensky and is later confined at Bykhov.
Arrest of Kornilov
Is arrested after the failure of the Kornilov Affair.
Commander in Chief
Appointed as Commander in Chief, 2nd term, recalled
Commander in Chief
Appointed as Commander in Chief, 2nd term, recalled
Kornilov Affair
Orders action against senior officers associated with Kornilov after the attempted military challenge collapses.
Kornilov Affair
Remains at army headquarters while government authorities prepare to remove and detain officers connected with the affair.
Kornilov Affair
Bolshevik supporters use the aftermath of the crisis to press for greater influence in the Petrograd Soviet.
Kornilov Surrenders
Accepts arrest after the affair collapses.
Bykhov Prison
Is held with other officers after his arrest.
Kornilov Affair
Begins reorganising the government after the crisis while facing growing distrust from both left and right.
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