The Kornilov Affair
Division commander General Aleksandr Krymov and his officers reacted to a supposed insurgency by German agents in Petrograd by relocating from the war front to Petrograd during the Kornilov affair. However, Muslim delegates of the Petrograd Soviet, nominal members of the Russian Constituent Assembly, arrived at the Division directly from the capital and not only dispelled rumors of rebellion, but also demonstrated with documents that General Krymov himself was a rebel leading his troops against the government.
Among these delegates were some well-known Muslims, such as the grandson of Imam Shamil. For that reason, they were not arrested, a decision that went against Krymov's officers' wishes. Such an arrest would have been a violation of Chechen and Dagestani customs of hospitality. Unable to fulfill his order, division commander Krymov committed suicide.
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