Aleksandr Mikhailovich Krymov (October 23, 1871—August 31, 1917) was a Russian Imperial

Russian Empire

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 Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General

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, a military commander of Russo-Japanese War

Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea...

, World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, and Russian Revolution times.

During the times of the Russian Revolution of 1917

Russian Revolution of 1917

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, on April 4, 1917 he was appointed acting commander of the 3rd Cavalry Corps, which included the Savage Division

Savage Division

The Caucasian Native Mounted Division , or Savage Division was a cavalry division of the Imperial Russian Army, formed in 1914. It was composed of volunteers from Chechnia, Ingushetia, Daghestan, Karachay, Circassia, Kabarda and Azerbaijan...

. He refused to accept the appointment of Military Minister by the Russian Provisional Government

Russian Provisional Government

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. On August 24, 1917 Commander-in-Chief

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 Lavr Kornilov

Lavr Kornilov

Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov was a military intelligence officer, explorer, and general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the ensuing Russian Civil War...

 appointed Krymov commander of the Detached Petrograd Army (отдельная Петроградская армия ) to secure the Russian capital of Petrograd.

After the failure of the Kornilov Affair

Kornilov Affair

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, Krymov arrived to Petrograd. He explained his actions to Alexander Kerensky

Alexander Kerensky

Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky was a major political leader before and during the Russian Revolutions of 1917.Kerensky served as the second Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government until Vladimir Lenin was elected by the All-Russian Congress of Soviets following the October Revolution...

 and committed suicide on the same day.

Honours and awards

• Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd class (1898), 2nd class with Swords (1905)
• Order of St. Vladimir
  Order of St. Vladimir
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  , 4th class. with Swords (1905), 3rd class (19 April 1911)
• Order of St. Anne
  Order of St. Anna
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  , 4th class (1905), 3rd class with Swords and Bow (1905), 2nd class with Swords (1906)
• Order of St. George
  Order of St. George
  The Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George The Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George The Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George (also known as Order of St. George the Triumphant, Russian: Военный орден Св...
  
  , 4th class (26 June 1916)
• Gold Sword for Bravery
  Gold Sword for Bravery
  The Gold Sword for Bravery was a Russian Empire award for bravery. It was set up with two grades on 27 July 1720 by Peter the Great, reclassified as a public order in 1807 and abolished in 1917. From 1913 to 1917 it was renamed the St George Sword and considered as one of the grades of the Order...
  
  (8 November 1914).