Kornilov affair
| Kornilov affair | |||||||||
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| Part of the Russian Revolution | |||||||||
Kornilov greeted by his officers | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Russian Army |
Russian Provisional Government Petrograd Soviet | ||||||||
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Lavr Kornilov Aleksandr Krymov † |
Aleksander Kerensky Leon Trotsky | ||||||||
The Kornilov affair, or the Kornilov putsch, was an attempted military coup d'état by the commander in chief of the Russian Army, General Lavr Kornilov, from 10 to 13 September 1917 (O.S., 28–31 August), against the Russian Provisional Government headed by Alexander Kerensky and the Petrograd Soviet of Soldiers' and Workers' Deputies.