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The future general was born in a noble family in 1871. On the way to the rank of Major General Krymov managed to go through the First World War and Russo-Japanese war, as well as revolutionary events. Aleksandr Mikhailovich took an active part in overtwhrow of Nicholas II, whom he considered a bad ruler.
General Krymov actively supported the idea of Lavr Kornilov about holfing the front during the war. In addition, Alexander Mikhailovich shared the opinion of Kornilov that the Provisional Government should be removed from power.
In August 1917, speeches of Soviets and Bolsheviks were being prepared in Petrograd with the aim of displacing the Provisional Government and seizing power in their hands. General Kornilov could not allow such a turn of events, so he sent Krymov’s unit to the capital. As a result, all parts of the general’s army were scattered along the road from Mogilev. On 30 August Krymov agreed to travel with a government representative to Petrograd, and on 31 August he met with Kerensky, where he tried to explain that he had only brought his troops in an attempt to defend the government, but Kerensky ordered him to trial by military court.
After much swearing and recognition of his own unenviable position, General Krymov shot himself: when he left Kerensky’s office, Alexander Mikhailovich directed the gun barrel into his chest. He could still be saved, but in the hospital the military fell into the hands of haters of Russian officers who began to scoff at this worthy man. As a result, General Alexander Krymov died of his own wound, and Kornilov lost his most devoted associate, ready for anything to achieve a common goal.
After the death of Krymov, repressive actions against Russian officers began. A series of arrests of army officials followed, who did not want to cooperate with Kerensky. In fact, the head of the Provisional Government set fire to the fire of a future Civil War, which turned the tide of the history of the Russian state.