caption serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
general lavr kornilov in 1916 1892-1918 imperial russian army white movement near ekaterinodar 13 april 1918 ust-kamenogorsk russian empire order saint anna order of saint stanislaus of st. george -lrb- twice -rrb- order of russo japanese war world war i russian civil war 18 august 1870 general kornilov1916.jpeg lavr kornilov
 '' ` lavr georgiyevich kornilov '' '
lavr kornilov

lavr georgiyevich kornilov -lrb- , ; 18 august 1870 -- 13 april 1918 -rrb- was a military intelligence officer , explorer , and general in the imperial russian army during world war i and the ensuing russian civil war .
he is today best remembered for the kornilov affair , an unsuccessful endeavor in august/september 1917 that purported to strengthen alexander kerensky 's provisional government , but which led to kerensky eventually having kornilov arrested and charged with attempting a coup d'état , and ultimately undermined the rule of kerensky ; strengthening the claims and power of the soviets , and the bolshevik party .
