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9
September
1917

Kornilov affair weakens the Provisional Government

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📅 9 September 1917 📍 Rusland

General Lavr Kornilov’s movement of troops toward Petrograd was framed by the government as a coup threat. Railway workers, soldiers and political activists helped obstruct the advance. The episode weakened Kerensky, released Bolshevik organizers from detention, and showed the mobilizing capacity of workers and soldiers beyond official command.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Lavr Kornilov

Alexander Kerensky

Organisaties in dit Evenement

provisional government

Petrograd Soviet