# General Kornilov — Yashka character guide

> General Kornilov in Yashka by Maria Bochkareva.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Kornilov

**First appearance:** 0014-x-the-revolution-at-the-front

## Snapshot

A spare, steely general who approves Maria's insistence on army discipline and warns that without it, Russia is lost.

## Who they are

Kornilov appears at a Petrograd luncheon as a man of few words and obvious resolve, his Mongol cheekbones and grey moustache marking him as a soldier of the old school. He endorses Maria's fight against the committees and invites her to his headquarters, aligning himself with the discipline she embodies. His conviction that Russia's survival depends on order places him at the center of the political storms that will engulf her.

## In the story

### [Part II: War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/part-ii-war)

Supreme Commander-in-Chief; attempts a coup against Kerensky, leading to further chaos.

### [Part III: Revolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/part-iii-revolution)

Appears as a strong military leader who attempts to restore order; his failed coup against Kerensky marks a turning point in the revolution.

### [X: The Revolution at the Front](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/x-the-revolution-at-the-front)

Mentioned as a figure who might have been able to restore order, but is not present in the chapter.

### [XIV: An Errand from Kerensky to Kornilov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/xiv-an-errand-from-kerensky-to-kornilov)

Commander-in-Chief; discusses his childhood and political views with Bochkareva, has a heated argument with Kerensky, and threatens to use the Savage Division against the government.

### [XV: The Army Becomes a Savage Mob](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/xv-the-army-becomes-a-savage-mob)

Defeated after Kerensky turns against him; his supporters are labeled 'Kornilovetz' and persecuted.

### [Part IV: Terror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/part-iv-terror)

Mentioned as a leader whose arrest by the Provisional Government sparked further chaos.

### [XVII: Facing Lenin and Trotsky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/xvii-facing-lenin-and-trotsky)

Mentioned as commanding the anti-Bolshevik forces near Novocherkassk, Bochkareva's destination.

### [XVIII: Caught in a Bolshevik Deathtrap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/xviii-caught-in-a-bolshevik-deathtrap)

Thin and aged but energetic, he meets with Bochkareva at his headquarters, discussing the precarious situation of his force and the need for counter-propaganda.

## Links

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