Cornelo's Story

Cornelo served all over the empire, including stints in central asia and the far east. He was captured by the austrians after refusing an order from general brusilof to retreat. The leaders of the february revolution had considered cornelov politically reliable enough he was given control of the petrograd military district in march 19 17. In the midst of the april crisis, cornelof demanded full authority to use the military to indiscriminately restore order.