Nikolay Ivanovich Krasnov (, 29 January 1833 – 15 September 1900) was a

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

of the

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...

. Nikolay Krasnov was born in the

stanitsa A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Arm ...

Veshenskaya VyoshenskayaAlso tranliterated Veshenskaya. ( rus, Вёшенская, p=ˈvʲɵʂɨnskəjə), colloquially known as Vyoshki (russian: Вёшки, is a rural locality (a ''stanitsa'') and the administrative center of Sholokhovsky District of R ...

of the

Don Host Oblast The Province (Oblast) of the Don Cossack Host (, ''Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo'') of Imperial Russia was the official name of the territory of Don Cossacks, coinciding approximately with the present-day Rostov Oblast of Russia. Its site of admini ...

, the son of lieutenant-general

Ivan Krasnov Ivan Ivanovich Krasnov russian: Краснов, Иван Иванович (1802–1871) was a Russian general and author. Military career He was born in 1802, grandson to the general Ivan Kuzmich Krasnov (1752–1812), fellow-fighter of Alexande ...

(1800 –1871). He graduated from the 1st Cadets Corps in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and since 1851 served at the Life Guards of ''Don Cavalry and Artillery Battery'' in the rank of

praporshik ( rus, Пра́порщик, 3=ˈprapərɕːɪk, ) is a rank used by the Russian Armed Forces and a number of former communist states. The rank is a non-commissioned officer's and is equivalent to in navies. It is usually equivalent to Warra ...

. During

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...

(1853–1856). In 1855, Krasnov took part in the

Siege of Taganrog The siege of Taganrog is a name given in some Russian histories to Anglo-French naval operations in the Sea of Azov between June and November 1855 during the Crimean War. British and French forces were implementing a strategy of destroying the ...

in the rank of

sotnik Sotnik or sotnyk (, uk, сотник, bg, стотник) was a military rank among the Cossack '' starshyna'' (military officers), Strelets Troops (17th century) in Muscovy and Imperial Cossack cavalry (since 1826), the Ukrainian Insurgent A ...

, while his father, Lieutenant-General

, commanded the city's defence. In 1858, he graduated from the Academy of General Headquarters and served at the General Headquarters from 1860 to 1889. In 1863, Krasnov participated in the Polish campaign and was awarded with an Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree. He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1880 and gave his resignation in 1891. Krasnov settled in the city of

Taganrog Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: History of Taganrog The ...

in 1860s and besides his government and military career, published several articles and books on history of Don Cossacks and

Don Voisko Province The Province (Oblast) of the Don Cossack Host (, ''Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo'') of Imperial Russia was the official name of the territory of Don Cossacks, coinciding approximately with the present-day Rostov Oblast of Russia. Its site of adm ...

. His best known books are: ''The Land of the Don Voisko'' (''Земля Войска Донского''), published in

in 1863, and ''The Military Review of the Land of the Don Voisko'' (''Военное обозрение земли Войска Донского''), published in Saint Petersburg in 1864. General Nikolay Krasnov died in the city of

on 15 September 1900 and was buried at the Taganrog's ''Old Cemetery''.

References

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