Lavr Kornilov

Lavr Kornilov
Kornilov in 1916
Born	(1870-08-30)30 August 1870 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Semirechye Oblast, Russian Turkestan, Russian Empire
Died	13 April 1918(1918-04-13) (aged 47) near Yekaterinodar, Russian SFSR
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1892–1917) White Movement (1917–1918)
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army White Army
Years of service	1892–1918
Rank	General of the Infantry
Commands held	Black Sea Fleet (1916–1917) Russian Army (1917–1918)
Battles/wars	Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War
Awards	Order of St. George (twice) Order of Saint Anna Order of Saint Stanislaus

Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (Russian: Лавр Гео́ргиевич Корни́лов, IPA: [ˈlavr ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ kɐrˈnʲiləf]; 30 August [O.S. 18 August] 1870 – 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. Kornilov was of Siberian Cossack origin. Today he is best remembered for the Kornilov Affair, an unsuccessful endeavor in August/September 1917 that was intended to strengthen Alexander Kerensky's Provisional Government^{[dubious – discuss]}, but which led to Kerensky eventually having Kornilov arrested and charged with attempting a coup d'état, and ultimately undermined Kerensky's rule.^[1]

Kornilov escaped from jail in November 1917 and subsequently became the military commander of the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army which took the charge of anti-Bolshevik opposition in the south of Russia. He and his troops were badly outnumbered in many of their encounters, and he was killed by a shell on 13 April 1918 while laying siege to Ekaterinodar, the capital of the Kuban Soviet Republic.