Union of the Democratic Forces opposed the general who created the entity known as the what republic?
Union of the Democratic Forces (France) The Union of the Democratic Forces ("Union des forces démocratiques", UFD) was an electoral coalition set up in 1958 by many trade unions, political, and associative organizations to unite the non-communist left opposed to the return of General Charles de Gaulle to power and the French Fifth Republic.
Kornilov affair The Kornilov affair, or the Kornilov putsch, was an attempted military coup d'état by the then Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, General Lavr Kornilov, in September 1917 (August old style) against the Russian Provisional Government headed by Aleksander Kerensky and the Petrograd Soviet of Soldiers and Workers Deputies. The affair began with Kerensky requesting that Kornilov move forces loyal to the Provisional Government into Petrograd to counter the threat of the radical (and Soviet-controlled) Petrograd army garrison. Kornilov then marched on Petrograd intent on 'purging' the Provisional Government of revolutionary elements, possibly with the intention of establishing a military dictatorship. Kerensky countered Kornilov by arming the Bolshevik-influenced Soviets (including arming Leon Trotsky's Red Guards). Bolshevik agents infiltrated Kornilov's army and soldiers began to desert. Railway strikes hindered Kornilov's supplies and communications. The result was that Kornilov and his closest advisers were imprisoned, and the Bolsheviks permanently armed and empowered.