Nikolai Nikolaevich Kolomeitsev, also spelt Kolomeytsev (russian: Николай Николаевич Коломейцев) (16 July 1867 – 6 October 1944) was a naval officer of the

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and

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explorer.

Early life

Nikolai Kolomeitsev was born in the village of Pokrovka in the

Kherson Governorate The Kherson Governorate (1802–1922; russian: Херсонская губерния, translit.: ''Khersonskaya guberniya''; uk, Херсонська губернія, translit=Khersonska huberniia), was an administrative territorial unit (als ...

of the

(present-day

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) in 1867. He entered military service in 1884 and graduated as an officer of the

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in 1887. He was promoted to lieutenant in December 1893.

Naval Career

In 1894–1895, he was assigned to the

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, and after graduating from mine warfare school, served on several vessels operating in

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

. Kolomeitsev became a member of the Chief Hydrographic Administration’s Survey Expedition to the

White Sea The White Sea (russian: Белое море, ''Béloye móre''; Karelian and fi, Vienanmeri, lit. Dvina Sea; yrk, Сэрако ямʼ, ''Serako yam'') is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. It is su ...

. He also took part in an expedition to the

Yenisei Gulf The Yenisey Gulf (russian: Енисейский залив, ''Yeniseysky zaliv'') is a large and long estuary through which the lower Yenisey flows into the Kara Sea. The Yenisey Gulf and its islands belong to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative ...

led by L. Dobrotvorskiy, which gave him expertise on sailing in arctic waters.

Russian polar expedition of 1900–1902

In 1900, Baron

Eduard Toll Eduard Gustav Freiherr von Toll (russian: Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Толль, translit=Eduárd Vasíl'evič Toll'; 1902), better known in Russia as Eduard Vasilyevich Toll and often referred to as Baron von Toll, was a Russian ge ...

led an expedition on behalf of the

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on the ship ''

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''. Kolomeitsev was commander of the ship and his second-in-command was

Fyodor Andreyevich Matisen Fyodor Andreyevich Matisen (or Mathiesen) (russian: Фёдор Андреевич Матисен) (1 June ( O.S. 20 May) 1872, Saint Petersburg – 19 December 1921, Irkutsk) was an officer of the Russian Imperial Navy, hydrographer, and explore ...

, who had taken part in a previous exploratory trip to

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Alexander Kolchak Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak (russian: link=no, Александр Васильевич Колчак; – 7 February 1920) was an Imperial Russian admiral, military leader and polar explorer who served in the Imperial Russian Navy and fought ...

also accompanied the expedition as third naval officer and

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. All these officers were from military backgrounds. Known as "The Russian Polar Expedition", its aim was to thoroughly explore the area north of the

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and eventually sail towards the

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in order to find the elusive

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. Kolomeitsev supervised the fitting out of the ''Zarya'' in

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, and the expedition sailed from

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 ...

on 7 July 1900. Soon there was friction between Toll and Kolomeitsev concerning treatment of the crew. Kolomeitsev, as a classic naval officer of the Russian Imperial Navy tried to keep a distance with the men and to impose harsh punishments for unruly behavior, but Toll (more in line with the spirit of the times in Russia) longed for comradeship, and treated the common sailors as equals. Therefore, both men were getting on each other's nerves, Kolomeitsev interpreted Toll's attitude as undermining his authority as commander.N. Bolotnikov. ''

Nikifor Begichev Nikifor Alekseevich Begichev (Bigichev) (russian: Никифор Алексеевич Бегичев (Бигичев); February 7 (Old Style and New Style dates, N.S. February 19), 1874 – May 18, 1927) was a Soviet people, Soviet seaman and po ...

'', Moscow-Leningrad 1949 The situation became worse during the first wintering in a bay just southwest of

Taymyr Island Taymyr Island () is a large island in the coast of the Kara Sea. Its length is and its average width about . This island is located west of the Taymyr Gulf in an area of skerries right off the western coast of the Taymyr Peninsula. The narrow str ...

. (Toll named the bay "Bukhta Kolin Archera", after

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Shipyard where ''Zarya'' had been fitted). Owing to the claustrophobic conditions of the wintering period, the relationship between captain Kolomeitsev and expedition leader Eduard Toll reached breaking point. Toll sent Kolomeitsev along with

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officer

Stepan Rastorguyev Stepan Innokentyevich Rastorguyev (russian: Степа́н Инноке́нтьевич Расторгу́ев; 1864 in Yakutsk – after 1904) was an officer of the Cossack, Yakut Cossack Regiment and an explorer. As Rastorguyev's parents died e ...

on dangerous sledge trips into snowstorms to the mouth of

Taymyr River The Taymyra (russian: Таймыра) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the middle of the Taymyr Peninsula. It is about long and has a drainage basin of .Dixon and Golchikha, as well as to bring the expedition's mail to

Dudinka Dudinka (russian: Дуди́нка; Nenets: Тут'ын, ''Tutꜧyn'') is a town on the Yenisei River and the administrative center of Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It used to be the administrative center of Tay ...

. Toll could not hide his relief at seeing Kolomeitsev depart, but these dangerous trips without even a proper map nearly got Kolomeitsev and Rastorguyev killed.Tchaikovsky, Yu. (2002). "Возвращение лейтенанта Колчака. К 100-летию Русской полярной экспедиции (1900–1903)" eturn of Lieutenant Kolchak. On the 100th anniversary of the Russian polar expedition RAS Vestnik RAN 2: 152–161. After Kolomeitsev had been relieved of his duties and split from the main expedition, Fyodor Matisen was promoted as commander of ''Zarya''.E. Toll. ''Die Russische Polarfahrt der ''Sarja'' 1900–1902 aus den hinterlassenen Tagebüchern von Baron Eduard Von Toll.'' Berlin 1909 Although Kolomeitsev and Rastorguyev failed to find the Taymyr River, they travelled more than 800km, reaching the Dudinka River, a tributary of the

Yenisei The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat language, Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan language, Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas language, K ...

by May 1901. These trips resulted in significant corrections of the local maps and in the discovery of the Upper Taymyr River.Zyryanov P.N. (2012). Адмирал Колчак, верховный правитель России dmiral Kolchak, the supreme ruler of Russia1356 (4th ed.). Moscow: Molodaya Guardia. . p. 62 Years later, Baroness Emmy von Toll, Eduard Toll's widow, played down the fact that there were strong disagreements between "old school" Captain Kolomeitsev and her egalitarian husband. When editing her husband's journal she stated: ''"Further, I have omitted as non-essential the details of the mutual relations between expedition members."'' Apparently, Kolomeitsev was one of the few supporters of Imperial Russia in the expedition. During the last part of the journey, in the New Siberian Islands, Captain Matisen hoisted the flag of the

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(Nevskiy Flot), instead of the Russian flag, on ''Zaryas mast. That flag flew over ''Zarya'' until it was sunk.

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, ''Baron Eduard von Toll's Last Expedition: The Russian Polar Expedition, 1900–1903. 1980'' Kolomeitsev wrote two books about his journey with the Russian Polar Expedition; one of them was published in 1901 by the Imperial Naval Academy (Izvestiya Imperatorskoy Akademii Nauk) and the other in 1902 by the Imperial Geographical Society (Izvestiya Imperatorskago Russkago Geographicheskago Obschestva). In 1902 Kolomeitsev commanded the

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Yermak Yermak Timofeyevich ( rus, Ерма́к Тимофе́евич, p=jɪˈrmak tʲɪmɐˈfʲejɪvʲɪtɕ; born between 1532 and 1542 – August 5 or 6, 1585) was a Cossacks, Cossack ataman and is today a hero in Russian folklore and myths. During ...

'', one of the world's first true icebreakers. He was promoted to the rank of junior captain on 6 December 1904

Russo-Japanese War

During the

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...

, Kolomeitsev was captain of the

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'' Buinyi'' (Буйный) with the Second Pacific Squadron, which saw action during the

Battle of Tsushima The Battle of Tsushima (Japanese:対馬沖海戦, Tsushimaoki''-Kaisen'', russian: Цусимское сражение, ''Tsusimskoye srazheniye''), also known as the Battle of Tsushima Strait and the Naval Battle of Sea of Japan (Japanese: 日 ...

. He became a hero during the battle when he brought his boat alongside the burning flagship '' Knyaz Suvorov''. He rescued Admiral Zinovi Petrovich Rozhestvenski, wounded in the head by a shell from his burning and sinking battleship, as well as part of the crew. Admiral Rozhestvenski was transferred to torpedo boat ''Bedoviy'' (Бедовый). Kolomeitsev's boat ''Buinyi'' returned to

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...

and was sunk by artillery fire of cruiser ''Dmitri Donskoi''. Kolomeitsev, also severely wounded, was captured by the Japanese with the crews of ''Dmitri Donskoy'', ''Buinyi'' and ''Oslabya'' on

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. ''Almaz'', ''Braviy'' and ''Grozniy'' were the only three vessels that returned to Vladivostok after the Tsushima battle.

Later naval career

Following the Russian defeat against Japan, Kolomeitsev served as

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on the battleship ''Andrei Pervozvanny'' in late 1906. He graduated from the Naval Maritime Academy of Sciences in 1908, he was assigned command of the cruiser ''Almaz'' and was promoted to full captain on 6 December 1909. From November 1910 to December 1913 he commanded the battleship ''Slava''. On 6 December 1913 Kolomeitsev was promoted to the rank of

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First World War and Russian Revolution

With the start of

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in 1914 Kolomeitsev commanded the cruiser squadron of the

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. He retired from active duty on 6 October 1917 with the rank of Vice admiral. During the

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, he was arrested by the

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

government in 1917 and imprisoned in the

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Petrograd 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 ...

. He escaped in 1918 and fled over the ice to

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. In 1918, he joined the White movement

Volunteer Army The Volunteer Army (russian: Добровольческая армия, translit=Dobrovolcheskaya armiya, abbreviated to russian: Добрармия, translit=Dobrarmiya) was a White Army active in South Russia during the Russian Civil War from ...

and the

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and assigned command of the anti-Bolshevik naval forces in the

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Family

In 1910 Nikolai Kolomeitsev, already in his early forties, married Nina Dmitrievna Nabokov, a member of the Nabokov family.

Exile and death

Following the collapse of the White movement in the

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, Kolomeitsev went into exile with his wife in

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. He served as Vice-Chairman of the Union Knights of St. George in France. Kolomeitsev died in

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in 1944 after he was run over by a

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truck. He was 77. He is buried in

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery (french: Cimetière russe de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois) is part of the ''Cimetière de Liers'' and is called the Russian Orthodox cemetery, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Paris, France. History The ...

Honours

*Silver medal for lifesaving (1890) with bow (1893) *Officer of the

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, French colonial (1895) * Order of Saint Anna ribbon bar

Order of St. Anne 3rd degree (1895) *Silver medal to commemorate the reign of Emperor Alexander III (1896) *Gold Medal for lifesaving (1896) *Silver medal in memory of the Sacred Coronation of Their Imperial Majesties (1898) *Bronze Medal in memory of the war in China (1902) * Order of Saint Stanislaus Ribbon

Order of St. Stanislaus The Order of Saint Stanislaus ( pl, Order Św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika, russian: Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Ponia ...

3rd degree with sword, (1904) * Saint vladimir (bande)

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, 4th degree with swords and bow, (1904) *Light bronze medal in memory of the war with Japan in 1904–1905 (1906) * Golden Sword of St George "for bravery" (01/08/1906) * RUS Order of Saint George 4th class ribbon 2000

RUS Order of Saint George 4th class ribbon 2000

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, 4th class, (1907) * UK Royal Victorian Order ribbon

Commander of the

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, UK (1908) *Gold mark in the memory after the full course Sciences Marine Corps (1910) *Light bronze medal in memory of 300 years of the reign of the Romanovs (1913) * Saint vladimir (bande)

, 3rd degree, (1913) * Legion Honneur Commandeur ribbon

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, Commander's Croix, France (1914) *Light bronze medal in memory of the 200th anniversary of the victory of Gangutskaya * Order of Saint Stanislaus Ribbon

1st degree, (1916)

Posthumous honours

Since he was a war hero, and despite his support of the White movement, Nikolai Kolomeitsev was also honored by the

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regime. A small island group ( Kolomeitsev Islands), a bay in the

Kara Sea The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. ...

''(Bukhta Kolomeitseva)'', a mountain ''( Gora Kolomeitseva)'' , a river ''(Reka Kolomeitseva)'' , as well as a Russian vessel — coastal survey ship ''Nikolay Kolomeytsev'') built in 1972, bear Captain Kolomeitsev's name.

Works

* ''Otchet plavanii yachty "Zarya" s iyunya po sentyabr' 1900g.'' Izvestiya Imperatorskoy Akademii Nauk. St. Petersburg 1901. * ''Russkaya polyarnaya expeditsia pod nachal'stvom barona Tollya.'' Izvestiya Imperatorskago Russkago Geographicheskago Obschestva. St. Petersburg 1901. * ''Chernoviki zaveschaniia''. Paris 1924.

References

External links

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