Kornilov allowed to squash the Bolsheviks

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavr_Kornilov

Kerensky had appointed Kornilov as supreme CiC of the armed forces of Russia after the February Revolution, but when Kornilov wanted to put Petrograd (where Lenin and his Bolsheviks were creating chaos) under martial law, Kerensky dismissed him.

What if he had given Kornilov free hand instead?
 
If Kornilov had been allowed to suppress the Bolsheviks, then we could see a rickety and unstable Russian Republic that would limp along to the end of WW1. However, on the flipside, it would receive more aid, and would be in better shape post-war as it will not face a devastating civil war. As well as that, the Nazis will probably be relegated to obscurity as they will not have the "red menace" to look towards.
 
Er.... Kornilov's attack crumbles en route to Petrograd, the Bolsheviks declare a government under the Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies, and overthrow the provisional government on November 7, 1917 (October 25 old style)? Because Kornilov tried to turn on Petrograd and totally failed IOTL, I don't see why Kerensky okaying it would have changed anything.
 
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Didn't you read it? Kornilov was dismissed, so he was fighting against the Bolsheviks and Kerensky's admittedly weak government.
 
Er.... Kornilov's attack crumbles en route to Petrograd, the Bolsheviks declare a government under the Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies, and overthrow the provisional government on November 7, 1917 (October 25 old style)? Because Kornilov tried to turn on Petrograd and totally failed IOTL, I don't see why Kerensky okaying it would have changed anything.
Kerensky actually distributed arms to the Red Guards which in anything but an extremely short term sense was a foolish idea.

Obviously if the provisional government had actually supported Kornilov then his chances of success would be a good deal higher, but there still is a strong chance that the move would fall apart given the hostility of the railwaymen's unions and the lack of discipline in the Russian Army.
 
Kerensky actually distributed arms to the Red Guards which in anything but an extremely short term sense was a foolish idea.

Obviously if the provisional government had actually supported Kornilov then his chances of success would be a good deal higher, but there still is a strong chance that the move would fall apart given the hostility of the railwaymen's unions and the lack of discipline in the Russian Army.


And hadn't we been here before?

Iirc Lenin and others had to lie low after the failure of the July Rising, but soon re-emerged from the woodwork as strong as ever. Any reason for it to be different this time?
 
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