Lavr Kornilov belongs to the record of public life as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Lavr Kornilov as Imperial Russian Army general (1870–1918).
Lavr Kornilov was born at Oskemen in 1870. His recorded nationality is the Russian Empire. He was educated at Omsk Cadet Military Corps and Mikhailovsky Artillery School.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
The record gives his occupations as explorer, diplomat and military officer.
The work that carried his reputation furthest concerned Kornilov Affair, an unsuccessful coup d’etat against the Provisional Government led by Alexander Kerensky. Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
His work was formally recognised with the Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of Saint Anna, 1st class and Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class.
That the work was done from the Russian Empire matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Lavr Kornilov died in 1918 at the age of 48. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Educated at Omsk Cadet Military Corps, Mikhailovsky Artillery School and General Staff Academy
- Worked as explorer, diplomat and military officer
