Kornilov revolt

• 27th August - 13th September 1917
• Causes

  • Kornilov (commander-in-chief) did not agree with the Petrograd Soviets wish to end the war, he wanted a military dictatorship
  • Kerensky asked Kornilov to march on Petrograd
• events

  • kerensky allowed bolsheviks Red guard to arm and many convinced a lot of Kornilovs army to desert
  • Kerensky freed Bolsheviks to give himself an army to oppose Kornilov‘s
  • railway workers prevented Kornilov‘s army advancing into Petrograd
• consequences

  • moral sank lower
  • kerensky‘s government looked weak
  • bolsheviks had secured PS and were stronger as many had been freed and armed
  • PG’s rule was very weak and unstable
  • many bolsheviks were freed and armed, they had now taken the PS and Lenin was making plans to return