Lavr Kornilov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lavr Kornilov

Imperial Russian Army general

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1870

Place of Birth: Oskemen, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Date of Death: 13-Apr-1918

Profession: military officer, diplomat, explorer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (Russian: ???? ???´??????? ?????´???, IPA: ['lavr g??'org??j?v??t? k?r'n?il?f]; 30 August [O.S.
18 August] 1870 – 13 April 1918) was a Russian military intelligence officer, explorer, and general of Siberian Cossack origin in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the ensuing Russian Civil War.
He is today best remembered for the Kornilov Affair, an unsuccessful endeavor in August/September 1917 that was intended 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 Kerensky's rule.Kornilov escaped from jail in November 1917, and subsequently became the military commander of the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army which took the charge of anti- Bolshevik opposition in the south of Russia.
He and his troops were badly outnumbered in many of their encounters, and he was killed by a shell on 13 April 1918 while laying siege to Ekaterinodar, the capital of the Kuban Soviet Republic.