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The Kornilov affair, or the Kornilov putsch, was an attempted military coup d'état by the commander-in-chief of the Russian Army, General Lavr Kornilov, from 10 to 13 September 1917 (O.S., 28–31 August), against the Russian Provisional Government headed by Aleksander Kerensky and the Petrograd Soviet of Soldiers' and Workers' Deputies. [1]
1990 Afghan coup attempt, a failed coup attempted by hardline Khalqist Shahnawaz Tanai against President Mohammad Najibullah April 2002 coup attempt, an unfoiled coup plot by members of hardline Islamist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 's Hezbi Islami against Afghan Interim Administration leader Hamid Karzai , which included killing former Afghan king ...
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (Russian: Лавр Гео́ргиевич Корни́лов, IPA: [ˈlavr ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ kɐrˈnʲiləf]; 30 August [O.S. 18 August] 1870 – 13 April 1918) was a Russian military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I.
1971 Moroccan coup attempt: A coup attempt was organized by General Mohamed Medbouh and Colonel M'hamed Ababou and carried out by cadets during a diplomatic function at King Hassan II's summer palace in Rabat. The King and important guests were detained, and plotters took control of Rabat's radio station to say that the king had been killed and ...
In August 1917 it was renamed the Kornilov Shock Regiment, but after the Kornilov affair its name was changed to 1st Russian or Slavonic Shock Regiment. [3] The "Slavonic" name reflected the fact that the regiment included Czech volunteers from the Russian army's Czechoslovak Legion, who wanted to preserve the unit from being disbanded by the Russian Provisional Government.
Testimony focused not on the decision to withdraw, but on what witnesses depicted as a desperate attempt to rescue American citizens and Afghan allies with little U.S. planning and inadequate U.S ...
May 8, 1984: An attempted coup launched by the National Front for the Salvation of Libya failed to overthrow Gaddafi regime. [126] October 22, 1993: A failed coup against Muammar Gaddafi was led by Warfalla officers. April 17, 2013: A first coup attempt against Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan was led by Gaddafi loyalists. [128]
In a speech that lasted more than 90 minutes, Donald Trump gave an emotional account of his assassination attempt as he accepted the Republican nomination for president. ... criticizing the U.S ...