Arkady Nikanorovich Nishenkov
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
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1871–1917
Rank	General of the Artillery
Commands held	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 (1877–1878) Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War

Arkady Nikanorovich Nishchenkov (6 March 1855 – February 1940 (Russian: Аркадий Никанорович Нищенков) 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.

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 byYakov Schkinsky Commander of the 1st Siberian Army Corps 1911–1912 Succeeded byMikhail Mikhailovich Pleshkov Preceded byNikolai Zarubaev Commander of the 4th Siberian Army Corps 1912–1913 Succeeded bySergei Sergeevich Savvich

Sources

"Arkady Nikanorovich Nishenkov". «Russian army in a Great war» project.
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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