23 moments

1. Birth in Ust-Kamenogorsk

   1870-08-30 · Öskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

   Kornilov was born in Ust-Kamenogorsk, then in Semirechye Oblast of Russian Turkestan and now Öskemen, Kazakhstan. Coordinates are for modern Öskemen, the settlement identified as Ust-Kamenogorsk in the source.

2. Military school in Omsk

   1885-01-01 · Omsk, Omsk Oblast, Russia

   He began formal military education at a military school in Omsk. Coordinates represent the city; the school building is not specified.

3. Mikhailovsky Artillery School study

   1889-01-01 · St. Petersburg, Russia

   Kornilov continued his military education at the Mikhailovsky Artillery School in St. Petersburg. Coordinates represent St. Petersburg because the cited text does not identify the school site.

4. Assignment to the Turkestan Military District

   1892-08-01 · Turkestan Military District, Russian Empire

   As a newly assigned lieutenant, Kornilov began service in the Turkestan Military District and undertook exploratory and intelligence-related missions in Central Asia. The source identifies a large military district rather than a specific post; coordinates are a representative point at Tashkent, its administrative center.

5. General Staff Academy in St. Petersburg

   1897-01-01 · St. Petersburg, Russia

   Kornilov returned to St. Petersburg for advanced staff training and graduated as a captain. Coordinates represent the city; the academy site is not specified in the cited passage.

6. Return to the Turkestan Military District

   1897-01-01 · Turkestan Military District, Russian Empire

   After graduating from the General Staff Academy, Kornilov declined a St. Petersburg posting and resumed intelligence duties in Turkestan. The district was geographically extensive; coordinates are a representative point at Tashkent.

7. Battle of Mukden

   1905-02-01 · Near Mukden (Shenyang), Liaoning, China

   As chief of staff of the 1st Infantry Brigade during the Russo-Japanese War, Kornilov participated in the Battle of Mukden. Coordinates are the documented representative location for the Battle of Mukden, near modern Shenyang.

8. Military attaché service in Beijing

   1907-01-01 · Beijing, China

   Kornilov began a four-year posting as Russian military attaché in China; the contemporary reference work identifies the posting as being in Peking (Beijing). The source gives a 1907–1911 posting span; this card uses the supported start year.

9. Five-month stay in St. Petersburg

   1910-01-01 · St. Petersburg, Russia

   Following his recall from Beijing, Kornilov spent five months in St. Petersburg before leaving on a further frontier mission. The specific months of the five-month stay are not supplied.

10. Recall from Beijing

    1910-01-01 · Beijing, China

    Kornilov was recalled from Beijing during his China posting. The source provides year-level precision only.

11. 9th Siberian Rifle Division posting

    1911-01-01 · Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia

    Kornilov was appointed commander of the 9th Siberian Rifle Division, which was stationed at Vladivostok. The source does not give a separate date for the Vladivostok appointment beyond 1911.

12. 48th Infantry Division in Galicia

    1914-01-01 · Galicia, Austria-Hungary (present-day western Ukraine)

    

    At the outbreak of the First World War, Kornilov commanded the 48th Infantry Division in operations in Galicia. The source supports a broad operational area, not a single site; coordinates are a representative point in eastern Galicia.

13. Capture in the Carpathians

    1915-04-01 · Carpathian Mountains, Austria-Hungary

    Kornilov was captured by Austro-Hungarian forces after his division became isolated during heavy fighting in the Carpathians. The preceding source text places his division's First World War combat in Galicia and the Carpathians; coordinates are a representative central-Carpathian point.

14. House arrest of the imperial family

    1917-03-08 · Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), St. Petersburg, Russia

    

    As commander of the Petrograd Military District, Kornilov placed Empress Alexandra and her children under house arrest at the Alexander Palace after the February Revolution.

15. Meeting with Boris Savinkov

    1917-08-25 · Moscow, Russia

    

    Kornilov appeared in Moscow with Deputy War Minister Boris Savinkov during the political crisis preceding the Kornilov Affair. Date is recorded in the source in Gregorian form, with the Old Style equivalent supplied there.

16. Imprisonment at Bykhov

    1917-09-11 · Bykhov Prison, Bykhaw, Mogilev Region, Belarus

    

    Following the collapse of the Kornilov Affair, Kornilov was held at Bykhov Prison with other senior officers until his escape in November. Coordinates represent Bykhaw; the former prison building is not geolocated by the cited source.

17. Volunteer Army headquarters

    1917-11-01 · Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russia

    

    After reaching the Don, Kornilov jointly commanded the Volunteer Army from its headquarters in Novocherkassk. The source says the headquarters was established 'soon' after November 1917; month-level dating is therefore used.

18. Escape from Bykhov

    1917-11-19 · Bykhaw, Mogilev Region, Belarus

    Kornilov escaped confinement at Bykhov with fellow conspirators and headed for the Don region, where he joined General Mikhail Alekseev. Coordinates mark the point of escape at Bykhaw; the route toward the Don is not precisely specified.

19. Ice March at Rostov

    1918-02-01 · Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia

    

    Kornilov commanded approximately 4,000 men at Rostov immediately before relocating the Volunteer Army south into the Kuban. The cited account dates this situation to the beginning of 1918; month-level precision is used to avoid conflict among calendar conventions in accounts of the march.

20. Departure on the Ice March

    1918-02-24 · Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia

    

    As Bolshevik forces took Rostov, Kornilov led the Volunteer Army out of the city toward the Kuban, beginning the Ice March. The source identifies Rostov as the departure point and gives a Gregorian date.

21. Burial at Gnadau

    1918-04-01 · Dolinovskoye (formerly Gnadau), Kalininsky District, Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    

    After his death near Yekaterinodar, Kornilov was buried at Gnadau, now the village of Dolinovskoye. The source does not specify the day of burial; coordinates are for modern Dolinovskoye, identified with Gnadau.

22. Attack on Yekaterinodar

    1918-04-10 · Yekaterinodar (Krasnodar), Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    Kornilov began the Volunteer Army's attack on Yekaterinodar, the capital of the North Caucasian Soviet Republic. Coordinates represent central modern Krasnodar; the precise field headquarters location is not given.

23. Death at farmhouse headquarters near Yekaterinodar

    1918-04-13 · Near Yekaterinodar (Krasnodar), Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    A Soviet artillery shell struck Kornilov's farmhouse headquarters during the siege of Yekaterinodar, killing him. The farmhouse is described as near Yekaterinodar but its exact location is not provided; coordinates represent the city.