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The centenary of the Great October Revolution will be remembered by many compatriots for the pseudo-historical series "Trotsky" and "The Demon of the Revolution", which further mythologized the already vague ideas in the mass consciousness about the events that were fateful for the country and the world. The revolution had many interconnected causes - both objective and subjective. The second category, without a doubt, includes the personality factor. Lavr Georgievich Kornilov remained in history as a controversial figure. The author of one of the most complete biographies of the general, Vasily Tsvetkov, writes: "For some, Kornilov is an experienced military man, an outstanding diplomat, a sincere patriot. For others, he is a primitive politician, an extremely ambitious and rude general." Lavr Georgievich was born in the same year as Vladimir Ilyich - in 1870. His homeland is the village of Karakalinskaya, his father Georgy Nikolaevich is a Siberian Cossack, without connections or patronage, who worked his way up to the rank of ensign (second lieutenant). And despite his officer rank, he plowed, sowed, and harvested himself. Lavr was drawn to knowledge from an early age. According to another of his biographers, historian Evgeny Komarovsky, the future military leader "reads books even by the light of a fire, when he guards horses at night," which was not just entertainment designed to brighten up the vigil under the starry Siberian sky. Support me on Boosty: https://boosty.to/ivanzaitsevskii My VK: https://vk.com/publiczaitsevskogo My Telegram: https://t.me/IvanZaitsevskii #LavrKornilov #IvanZaytsevsky #History #Russia #CivilWarinRussia #Kornilov