Lavr Kornilov (Nazi Cold War)

Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (Лавр Гео́ргиевич Корни́лов) was a military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the ensuingRussian 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.