1. Biography of Alexander Kerensky
... the Petrograd garrison, Lavr Kornilov was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian army on the 18th of July, 1917. Kornilov rejected soviet order #1 and aimed to restore order and discipline to the armed forces, in particular reinstalling the death penalty. The Kornilov affair came about as Kerensky and Kornilov had different strategies on how to restore order in the Provisional ... ...
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