Kornilov Affair

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The Kornilov Affair was a failed 1917 coup attempt by General Lavr Kornilov against Russia’s Provisional Government, which deepened political chaos and boosted support for the Bolsheviks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup attempt
historical event
political crisis
aim establishment of a military dictatorship
overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government
alsoKnownAs Kornilov Affair
surface form: Kornilov coup

Kornilov Affair
surface form: Kornilov putsch
cause conflict between Lavr Kornilov and Alexander Kerensky
fear of radicalization and Bolshevik influence
political instability in Russia in 1917
commander Lavr Kornilov
conflictType internal political conflict
counterAction mobilization of workers and soldiers by the Petrograd Soviet
railway workers’ obstruction of Kornilov’s forces
country Russia
effect discrediting of conservative and liberal forces
growth of Bolshevik support in the Soviets
increased political chaos in Russia
radicalization of workers and soldiers
endTime 1917-09-13
followedBy Russian Revolution
surface form: October Revolution
hasParticipant Alexander Kerensky
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Bolsheviks

Lavr Kornilov
Petrograd Soviet
Russian Army (Wrangel)
surface form: Russian Army

Russian Provisional Government
historicalPeriod late Russian Empire
leaderOpposingSide Alexander Kerensky
location Leningrad
surface form: Petrograd

Russian Provisional Government
surface form: Russian Republic
militaryInvolvement movement of troops toward Petrograd
namedAfter Lavr Kornilov
opponent Petrograd Soviet
Russian Provisional Government
pointInTime 1917
precededBy July Days
relatedTo collapse of the Russian Army in World War I
dual power in Russia in 1917
result arrest of Lavr Kornilov
failure of the coup attempt
strengthening of the Bolsheviks
weakening of the Russian Provisional Government
significance turning point in the Russian Revolution of 1917
startTime 1917-08-25
temporalContext Russian Revolution
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

World War I

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Kornilov Affair alsoKnownAs Kornilov Affair
this entity surface form: Kornilov putsch
Kornilov Affair alsoKnownAs Kornilov Affair
this entity surface form: Kornilov coup
July Days hasRelatedEvent Kornilov Affair
Russian Provisional Government keyEvent Kornilov Affair
Russian Revolution keyEvent Kornilov Affair
Lavr Kornilov notableFor Kornilov Affair
Lavr Kornilov participantIn Kornilov Affair
Storming of the Winter Palace precededBy Kornilov Affair
this entity surface form: Kornilov affair