War Minister
Kerensky replaces General Alexeiev with General Brussilov as commander-in-chief
of the Russian armies. Brussilov was thought to be more enterprising, thus more
amenable to carrying out the desired offensive.
This set off a
series of dismissals by Kerensky and Brussilov, including that of Brussilov
himself. Some generals were dismissed for “indulgence” to the regimental
soldiers' committees (from which officers were excluded). Others were dismissed
for the opposite reason, “resisting democratization” of the army. Brussilov was eventually replaced, by Kornilov, for “excessive indulgence” to the
committees. But Kornilov himself had been dismissed from command in Petrograd
because he’d proven unable to get along with democratic elements in the
government.
A supplementary
post follows this one in the chronological order.
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