Korneilo and Krensky - A Farce of a Conversation

The cornilof affair is a farcical miscommunication full of unfounded assumptions all the way down. Korensky walked away believing korneilo was demanding be made dictator and demanding kerensky come to army headquarters where he would be made hostage and then later possibly shot. Kornelov ignored the cable, sent orders to the third cavalry corps for them to advance on petrograd as fast as possible. There was nothing even close to a bolshevik insurrection.