I've been spending a while thinking about the Kornilov Affair, and how Kornilov succeeding could've changed things. I've done a lot with what happens after Kornilov siezes power and a much smaller Russian Civil War and the Interwar period in general. What I'm stuck on is how to get there. The closest I can get right now is Lenin's train across Germany is hit by a stray mortar shell and Lenin is killed, therefore the Bolsheviks are weak and Kornilov is able to make it to Petrograd. My problem with this is then there isn't as much of a reason for Kornilov to go to Petrograd in the first place. I suppose there would still be strikes and the Petrograd Soviet would still exist, but would it be strong enough to justify Kornilov attempting to Coup Kerensky?