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OK, so I had a rough scenario in mind for how a "no Kornilov Affair" TL could start:

Brusilov greets the Minister President at the railroad station in late July, thus isn't stupidly thrown under the bus; thus Kornilov doesn't get a promotion. OTL, the elections were delayed on August 9 from September to November; that may or may not still happen. What we can say is Kerensky's plot to take power as Supreme Commander won't play out TTL -- it may be he's smart enough to realize Brusilov won't go along with taking Petrograd by military force; if he's not so smart and tries to pull the plot with him, Brusilov will not play along, and will out the President to the PG Cabinet, and possibly to the public at large. OTL, when Kornilov went along, Kerensky either got cold feet or double crossed him, and (idiotically) called out the leftist militias to defend the revolution; here he'll be outed, and unceremoniously (or more likely, with much yelling) from the government.

The new PG coalition will see Nikolai Nekrasov, Vice-President and Minister of Finance, take over as Minister President, and someone else, possibly Brusilov himself, taking over Alexander's duties as Minister of War and Navy. This new government will stand on shaky ground and have no desire to delay elections ever further; they may even move them back up, just to get somebody clear in charge again. The Bolsheviks and the Soviets, meanwhile, won't have as much opportunity to reconstitute their forces, and will thus be less likely to seize power prior the the CA elections. I imagine that, as OTL, the (defensist) SRs will get a plurality in said elections.

From there... I don't know, right now. I imagine Brusilov would be asked to continue as Supreme Military Commander / Minister of War / etc., which could mean he his "political" career could continue after the war. And it may be that upon some general crisis, like the Depression (which TTL, is worse for Russia), Kerensky and his followers could make a comeback. But those are just some broad ideas that could be interesting.

So, any thoughts?
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