Kornilov's Siberian Cossack father was a friend of Potanin (1835-1920), a prominent figure in the Siberian autonomy movement. Kornilov entered military school in Omsk in 1885 and went on to study at the Mikhailovsky Artillery School in St.
In August 1892 he was assigned as a lieutenant to the Turkestan Military District, where he led several exploration missions in Eastern Turkestan, Afghanistan and Persia, learned several Central Asian languages, and wrote detailed reports about his observations. Kornilov returned to St.
Petersburg to attend the Mykolayiv General Staff Academy and graduated as a captain in 1897.
They were not Muslims or Kazakhs.) But Boris Shaposhnikov, who served with Pyotr Kornilov, the brother of Lavr, in 1903, mentioned the "Kyrgyz" ancestry of their mother - this name was usually used in reference to Kazakhs in 1903.
Among his missions at this post was an attempt at traveling incognito to British India in 1904, though he was quickly discovered and subsequently kept under close surveillance. During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 Kornilov became the Chief of staff of the 1st Infantry Brigade, and was heavily involved in the Battle of Sandepu (January 1905) and the Battle of Mukden (February/March 1905).
Among his missions at this post was an attempt at traveling incognito to British India in 1904, though he was quickly discovered and subsequently kept under close surveillance. During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 Kornilov became the Chief of staff of the 1st Infantry Brigade, and was heavily involved in the Battle of Sandepu (January 1905) and the Battle of Mukden (February/March 1905).
George, 4th degree (9 August 1905) and 3rd degree (28 April 1915) Gold Sword for Bravery (9 May 1907) Badge of the 1st Kuban (Ice) campaign (1918) ==References== ==Bibliography== Asher, Harvey.
Stanislaus, third degree (1901), 2nd degree (1904 and 1906 with swords) Order of St.
George (4th class) for bravery and promoted to the rank of colonel. Following the end of the war, Kornilov served as military attache in China from 1907 to 1911.
George, 4th degree (9 August 1905) and 3rd degree (28 April 1915) Gold Sword for Bravery (9 May 1907) Badge of the 1st Kuban (Ice) campaign (1918) ==References== ==Bibliography== Asher, Harvey.
Anne, 3rd degree (1903) and 2nd degree (6 December 1909) Order of St.
In 1910 Kornilov was recalled from Beijing but remained in St.
George (4th class) for bravery and promoted to the rank of colonel. Following the end of the war, Kornilov served as military attache in China from 1907 to 1911.
On 2 February 1911 he became Commander of the 8th Infantry Regiment of Estonia and was later appointed commander of the 9th Siberian Rifle Division, stationed in Vladivostok. In 1914, at the start of World War I, Kornilov was appointed commander of the 48th Infantry Division, which saw combat in Galicia and the Carpathians.
On 2 February 1911 he became Commander of the 8th Infantry Regiment of Estonia and was later appointed commander of the 9th Siberian Rifle Division, stationed in Vladivostok. In 1914, at the start of World War I, Kornilov was appointed commander of the 48th Infantry Division, which saw combat in Galicia and the Carpathians.
In 1915, he was promoted to the rank of major general.
During heavy fighting, he was captured by the Austrians in April 1915, when his division became isolated from the rest of the Russian forces.
George, 4th degree (9 August 1905) and 3rd degree (28 April 1915) Gold Sword for Bravery (9 May 1907) Badge of the 1st Kuban (Ice) campaign (1918) ==References== ==Bibliography== Asher, Harvey.
As a major general, he was a high-value prisoner of war, but in July 1916 Kornilov managed to escape back to Russia and return to duty. After the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, he was given command of the Petrograd Military District in March 1917.
As a major general, he was a high-value prisoner of war, but in July 1916 Kornilov managed to escape back to Russia and return to duty. After the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, he was given command of the Petrograd Military District in March 1917.
His army inflicted a spectacular defeat on the Austrians, taking ten thousand prisoners - Russia's only notable military success in the year 1917 - though after five days, was forced to retreat.
Pavel Milyukov, the Kadet leader, describes the situation in Russia in late July as, "Chaos in the army, chaos in foreign policy, chaos in industry and chaos in the nationalist questions".Kornilov, appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian army in July 1917, considered the Petrograd Soviet responsible for the breakdown in the military in recent times and believed that the Provisional Government lacked the power and confidence to dissolve the Petrograd Soviet.
In late 1917, the Kornilov Shock Regiment, one of the crack units of the Volunteer Army, was named after him, as well as many other autonomous White Army formations, such as the Kuban Cossack Kornilov Horse Regiment.
Russia 1917, the Kornilov Affair: Kerensky and the Break-up of the Russian Army (Longman, 1980) Mawdsley, Evan.
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (Лавр Гео́ргиевич Корни́лов, ; – 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.
The Bolsheviks for him were dangerous traitors, who ruined Russia's unity and had to be stopped. On 24 February 1918, as Rostov and the Don Cossack capital of Novocherkassk fell to the Bolsheviks, Kornilov led the Volunteer Army on the epic 'Ice March' into the empty steppe towards the Kuban.
Russia 1917, the Kornilov Affair: Kerensky and the Break-up of the Russian Army (Longman, 1980) Mawdsley, Evan.
"Different Ways of Interpreting the Kornilov Affair: A Review of George Katkov's The Kornilov Affair: Kerensky and the Break-up of the Russian Army, London and New York: Longman, 1980" The SNU Journal of Education Research (1993) pp 17–28.
Research Guide to European Historical Biography: 1450-Present (4 vol 1992) 3:1082-90 White, James D.
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