What if Kornilov assumed power?

What would have happened had Kornilov not been sacked by Kerensky following his planned march on Petrograd? It seems certain that the Petrograd Soviet would be dissolved by his forces and that the Bolsheviks would be rounded up, but could Kornilov have taken power for himself in that case? I feel like Kerensky would be powerless in a situation where Kornilov had his forces in the capital. Anyhow, what are your thoughts on it, and could it have been a possibility?
 
If he can get the other generals to back him the military dictatorship might last some time. Would be extremely unpopular though.

The problem isn't the other generals. The problem is whether the ordinary soldiers, sick of the war, worked on by socialist agitators, anxious to go home and seize the landowners' land, obey the generals' orders.

Kornilov's own appraisal of what would happen doesn't sound entirely cheerful:

"Kerensky warned him of the dangers of a military dictatorship, which would have to contend with a general strike and a massacre of officers. Kronilov was not intimidated: "I foresee that possibility, but at least those who are left alive will have the soldiers in hand." https://books.google.com/books?id=fOxopOa4ogUC&pg=PA250
 
Would Kornilov end the war or would he continue the fight like Kerensky did? If the war continues, I too foresee his soldiers quickly abandoning him like David T has already mentioned and events unfold mostly as OTL. If he ends the war and consolidates his hold on Petrograd, then Russia has the potential to turn out completely differently. If he crushes the Petrograd Soviet then the chances of the Bolsheviks staging a successful revolution are greatly diminished. From there I can see the generals feuding among each other, similar to the warlord cliques in China. What happens next highly depends on how WW I ends.
 
Would Kornilov end the war or would he continue the fight like Kerensky did?

Kornilov was definitely for continuing the War. "The Provisional Government, under the pressure of the Bolshevik majority in the Soviets, acts in full agreement with the plans of the German General Staff . . . I cannot betray Russia into the hands of its historic enemy, the German tribe, and make the Russian people slaves of the Germans." https://books.google.com/books?id=kdQFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA107
 
What would have happened had Kornilov not been sacked by Kerensky following his planned march on Petrograd? It seems certain that the Petrograd Soviet would be dissolved by his forces and that the Bolsheviks would be rounded up, but could Kornilov have taken power for himself in that case? I feel like Kerensky would be powerless in a situation where Kornilov had his forces in the capital. Anyhow, what are your thoughts on it, and could it have been a possibility?

Would the Bolsheviks stick round to be arrested, or go into hiding?

Also, how will Moscow and the rest of Russia greet the news? Will Kornilov have any power outside Petrograd?
 
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