Artamonov, Leonid Konstantinovich

Born on February 25, 1859 on the farm of Kapriz, Ananyevsky district, Kherson province. He graduated from the Vladimir Kiev Military Gymnasium , Konstantinovsky and Mikhailovsky Artillery Schools ( 1879 , released as a second lieutenant in the 20th artillery brigade). Member of the Akhal-Teke expedition of 1880-1881. In 1883 he graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of Engineering , served in the sapper units in Nikolaev and Odessa . After graduating from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in 1888, he was sent to serve in the Caucasian Military District, and in 1890 - in the Transcaspian region. He repeatedly made wages for reconnaissance purposes in the border areas of Turkey (1888), Persia (1889, 1891), and Afghanistan (1893). In 1896 he received the rank of colonel . In 1897, he was appointed head of the convoy of the Russian mission in Abyssinia , as a military adviser and representative of Negus Menelik II made in 1898 a successful military expedition to the White Nile with the forces of Abyssinia opposing the British colonial expansion. These events and actions of the Ethiopian troops are directly related to the Fashoda crisis , but Colonel Artamonov with the troops was late to change the balance of power, however, these actions turned out to be enough to recognize the borders of Ethiopia by all colonial powers.

Participant of the Chinese campaign against the boxers of 1899-1901. Since 1900 - Chief of Staff of the South Manchurian detachment. Since 1901 - Major General , commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 31st Infantry Division . Member of the Russian-Japanese war of 1904-1905 .

In 1904 - head of the 8th East-Siberian Rifle Division, 54th Infantry Division. In January 1906 - temporarily commander of the 8th East-Siberian Rifle Division, and. D. commandant of the fortress of Vladivostok . From July 7, 1906 to December 14, 1908 - Head of the 22nd Infantry Division . Lieutenant General (1907). Since December 1907, the Chief of Kronstadt . From March 5, 1911, he commanded the 16th Army Corps . From March 17, 1911 he commanded the 1st Army Corps . General of Infantry (1913).

General Artamonov committed an even greater crime on August 14, 1914, commanding the 1st Army Corps in the 2nd Army of General Samsonov . The corps of General Artamonov provided the left flank of the 2nd Army at Soldau . On this day, August 14, General Artamonov personally reported to General Samsonov over the phone that his corps "stood like a rock" and that the army commander "could rely on him", and in 10 minutes he ordered the withdrawal of the entire corps, reporting nothing of this to General Samsonov (taken from the book of Colonel Bogdanovich Invasion of East Prussia, pp. 144-145, investigation of the commission of Adjutant General Panteleev about the causes of the death of the 2nd Army).

- Camp collection in 1907 (From the letters of M. V. Alekseev) ^[1]

On August 18, 1914, he was removed from office after unsuccessful actions in East Prussia. Since 1914, he has been in reserve at the headquarters of the Minsk Military District . Since 1916, in the reserve ranks at the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District . From January 29 to April 12, 1917 he commanded the 18th Siberian Rifle Division.

Full member of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society since 1882.

After the October Revolution he lived in Moscow , worked in the Moscow Soviet , from 1927 to 1930 he lived in Novgorod , from 1930 - in Leningrad . He died on January 1, 1932, was buried at the Volkovsky cemetery in Leningrad.

• The armed forces of Serbia. SPb., 1911
• Persia as our opponent in the Caucasus. Tiflis, 1889
• In Afghanistan. Herat Province, Askhabad, 1895
• A trip to Persia. Astrabad-Shahrud district and North Khorasan. In 3 hours. Tiflis, 1894-1897
• Collection of routes in the region of Olta — Saganlug — Erzerum, Tiflis, 1890
• Military geographical sketch of Northern Azerbaijan, Tiflis, 1890
• Through Ethiopia to the shores of the White Nile. M., 1979

As a lead editor working on multi-volume editions:

• The collection of materials on the Boer War in South Africa. SPb., 1899-1902
• Collection of materials on China and the fight against the rebellious movement of the "Big Fists." SPb., 1900

Had orders of sv. Stanislav 3rd degree with swords and bow (1881); St. Anna of the 4th degree (1881); St. Anna of the 3rd degree with swords and bow (1882); St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree (1899); Golden weapon with the inscription "For courage" (1901); St. Stanislav 1st degree with swords (1904); St. Anna of the 1st degree with swords (1905); St. Vladimir of the 2nd degree (December 9, 1909); White Eagle (December 6, 1913); St. Alexander Nevsky (March 16, 1916), the Abyssinian Order of the Star of Ethiopia , 2nd degree (1900) and the Persian Order of Leo and Sun 3rd degree.

• Leontyev, Nikolay Stepanovich
• Bulatovich, Alexander Ksaveryevich
• Gumilev, Nikolay Stepanovich
• Mashkov, Viktor Fedorovich
• Ashinov, Nikolai Ivanovich

• Leonid Konstantinovich Artamonov. // Avilov RS, Ayushin NB, Kalinin V.I. Vladivostok fortress: troops, fortification, events, people. Part I. “Out of spiteful neighbor”. 1860-1905 Vladivostok: Dal'nauka, 2013. - p. 332-337.
• Kanzelson I. Preface // Artamonov LK Through Ethiopia to the shores of the White Nile. M., 1979
• Zalessky K.A. Who was who in the First World War. - M .: AST ; Astrel, 2003. - 896 p. - 5000 copies - ISBN 5-17-019670-9 (ACT); ISBN 5-271-06895-1 (Astrel).
• Datsyshen V. G. Boxing war. The military campaign of the Russian army and navy in China in 1900-1901. - Krasnoyarsk, 2001.
• Artamonov, Leonid Konstantinovich (Neopr.) . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War."
• Leonid Konstantinovich Artamonov and his journey to the White Nile
• Russian-Ethiopian diplomatic and cultural ties in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Malygina N.V. Dis. Cand. ist of science
• The site of the journal "Military Story", camp collection in 1907 (From the letters of M. V. Alekseev) .