Because the two generals whom he had asked to assume Kornilov’s duties – Lukomskii followed by V.N. Klembovskii – had turned him down, Kerensky found himself in the awkward position of having leave the military command in the hands of a man whom he had publicly charged with treason. Having previously instructed the military commanders to ignore Kornilov’s orders, he now reversed himself and allowed Kornilov’s strictly military orders to be obeyed for the time being.
Kornilov thought the situation extraordinary. “An episode has occurred which is unique in world history,” he wrote, “the Commander in Chief, accused of treason… has been ordered to continue commanding his armies because there is no one else to appoint.”
This insane military tale happened in 1917, in the midst of the Russian Revolution. From The Russian Revolution, by Alan Moorhead.
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