Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov was a Russian military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. He served as Supreme Commander of the Russian Army and as
Photograph, circa 1908
Kornilov as a teenager
Kornilov and Deputy War Minister Boris Savinkov in Moscow on 25 August [O.S. 12 August] 1917
The White Army, also known as the White Guard, the White Guardsmen, or simply the Whites, was a common collective name for the armed formations of the White movement and anti-Bolshevik governments dur
Lavr Kornilov
…13 April 1918 (aged 47) near Yekaterinodar, Russian SFSR Allegiance Russian Empire (1892–1917) White Movement (1917–1918) Branch Imperial Russian Army White Army Service years 1892–1918 Rank General of the Infantry Commands Black Sea Fleet (1916–1917) Russian Army (1917–1918) Conflicts Russo-Japanese War Battle…
Appeal to volunteers, c. 1918–19
Anti–Bolshevik White Army poster encouraging people to enlist as volunteers