By the end of 1917 a Bolshevik dictatorship had been established. Who was General Kornilov?

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Exam No:0470_s25_qp_11 Year:2025 Question No:13(a)

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- Appointed in 1917 as Supreme Commander of the armed forces by Kerensky.
- Told by Kerensky to impose order in Petrograd.
- Despairing of the provisional Government, he led an assault on the Petrograd Soviet.
- Bolsheviks assembled an army and defeated Kornilov's attempt to end the revolution. He was arrested.
- He escaped and later fought in the Civil War against the Bolsheviks.

Knowledge points:

2.3 Russia, 1905–41

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