Lavr Kornilov

Russisk general.

• Riga II, 1917

Kornilof, Leo Georgijevitsj (f. 1870), russisk general, førte en sibirisk division med hvilken han blev taget ti fange ved Dukla-passet 7. maj 1915. Han flygtede fra fangenskabet og udnævntes ved revolutionen til generalguvernør i Petrograd, men tog snart sin afsked. I sommeren 1917 chef for 8. armé i Bukovina, og senere russisk overgeneral en kort tid. Han gjorde oprør mod Kerenskij og blev afsat, men gik senere i forening med Kerenskij mod bolsjevikkerne i Petrograd, blev slået 12. november 1917 ved Tsarskoje Selo og 24. december ved Charkof. (HK6/1923)

Siberian Cossack. Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army after the February revolution. Came through the military ranks under Kerensky. Kornilov was later accused of treason by Kerensky, and consequently attempted to overthrow the Provisional Government through inciting the armed forces. He met with no success in rallying actual support. Commander South Western Front 1917. Replaced Brussilov as Commander-in-Chief under Provisional Government, July 1917. In September 1917, General Alekseev asked Kornilov to step down from his post. Kornilov cooperated, and was placed under house arrest. Kornilov escape within acouple months, and traveled to the Don, where he joined Aleeksev to lead to White Army. Kornilov died in battle with the Red Army April 18, 1918.