Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer (died 1918)

Lavr Kornilov

Imperial Russian Army general (1870–1918)

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 the military leader of the Whites in the Russian Civil War. He is particularly…