Arkady Nishchenkov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikanorovich and the family name is Nishchenkov.

Arkady Nikanorovich Nishchenkov (Russian: Аркадий Никанорович Нищенков; 6 March 1855 – February 1940) was an Imperial Russian general of the artillery and corps commander. He fought in the wars against the Ottoman Empire and the Empire of Japan. From 1914 to 1917 he commanded the Amur Military District.

Arkady Nishchenkov
General Nischenkov, South Manchuria, 1900.
Native name	Аркадий Никанорович Нищенков
Born	(1855-03-06)6 March 1855 Russian Empire
Died	1 February 1940(1940-02-01) (aged 84) Rogaška Slatina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1871–1917
Rank	General of the Artillery
Commands	Artillery Brigade, 2nd Guards Infantry Division 2nd Grenadier Division 1st Siberian Army Corps 4th Siberian Army Corps Irkutsk Military District Amur Military District
Battles / wars	Russo-Turkish War Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War

Awards

• Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1904
• Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1906
• Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1906
• Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire), 1911
• Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1913

Preceded by	Commander of the Artillery Brigade, 2nd Guards Infantry Division 1901–1904	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commander of the 2nd Grenadier Division 1908–1911	Succeeded by
Preceded by Yakov Schkinsky	Commander of the 1st Siberian Army Corps 1911–1912	Succeeded by Mikhail Mikhailovich Pleshkov
Preceded by Nikolai Zarubaev	Commander of the 4th Siberian Army Corps 1912–1913	Succeeded by Sergei Sergeevich Savvich

Sources

• "Arkady Nishchenkov" (in Russian). «Russian army in a Great war» project.
• Авилов Р. С. Приамурский военный округ в годы Первой мировой войны: войска и оборонительные задачи. // Вглядываясь в прошлое. Мировые войны ХХ века в истории Дальнего Востока России. Владивосток: ДВО РАН, 2015. С. 5-41.
• Авилов Р. С., Аюшин Н. Б., Калинин В. И. Владивостокская крепость: войска, фортификация, события, люди. Часть II. Уроки Порт-Артура. 1906—1917 гг. Владивосток: Дальнаука, 2014. — 408 с. + цв. вкл. — (Объем: 54 п.л.) ISBN 978-5-8044-1460-4
• Авилов Р. С., Аюшин Н. Б., Калинин В. И. Владивостокская крепость: войска, фортификация, события, люди. Часть III. «Крепость трех измерений». Владивосток: Дальнаука, 2016.— 518 с. — (Объем: 65 п.л.) ISBN 978-5-8044-1584-7