August 1917: The Kornilov Affair—Kerensky ordered the commander-in-chief of the army, General Kornilov, to garrison Petrograd with loyal troops to quell pro-Bolshevik troops in the city, then accused Kornilov of plotting a putsch, freed Trotsky & armed the Red Guards, & arrested Kornilov; Lenin's Bolsheviks were rearmed & revived mere weeks after being disarmed & discredited in the July Days.
Lest we forget.
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