HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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A REBELLIOUS COSSACK
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A BOLSHEVIK
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A MONARCHIST ARMY GENERAL
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LEADER OF THE PETROGRAD SOVIET
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (Russian: ́ ́, IPA: [ˈlavr ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ kɐrˈnʲiləf]; 30 August [O.S. 18 August] 1870 – 13 April 1918) was a Russian military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the ensuing Russian Civil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lavr Kornilov (1870-1918) was a leading general in the tsarist Imperial Army. He is best known for leading a suspected conspiracy against the Alexander Kerensky-led Provisional Government in August 1917.
Detailed explanation-3: -Despite his turbulent reputation Prime Minister Alexander Kerenski appointed Kornilov Commander in Chief of the army on 1 August 1917, replacing Alexei Brusilov (whom he had earlier served under at the start of the war).
Detailed explanation-4: -Kornilov is hailed by his officers after being appointed as army chief, July 1917. In July, following the disastrous offensive in Galicia, Kerensky dismissed commander-in-chief Aleksei Brusilov and replaced him with General Kornilov.