kornilov

Russian civil war was started by the October Revolution by the Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin against the Duma's provisional government . The commander-in-chief of the Russian Army, General Lavr Kornilov attempted a coup d'état against the against the...

If Kornilov managed to take Petrograd in September 1917, say Kerensky refuses to arm the Bolsheviks, what happens next, does the Provisional Governement side with the Reds or Kornilov? How does this affect the Eastern front? Does an earlier RCW lead to an early B-L? Does a three way civil war...

White Bear, Red Eagle: Kerensky Kornilov In the early hours of September 10th, 1917, the fragile peace between the Russian Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet was broken. Of course, neither...

Lavr Kornilov was a Russian general during WWI. After the February Revolution, he wanted to establish a temporary military dictatorship in Russia because of it's political unstableness under Kerensky's rule and a fear of Bolshevik's rise to power which he was right. His attempt at overthrowing...