C. M. Shumsky-Solomonov

C. M. Shumsky-Solomonov is best known for Russia's Part in the World War, published in New York in 1920 by the Russian Information Bureau in the U.S. Contemporary introductory material to that book identifies him as a colonel in the Russian Army and describes him as a military authority.

The same source says he was one of the defenders of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War and later became known as a military expert for the Petrograd newspaper Birjeviya Viedomosti. That background helps explain the tone of his writing: informed by service, strongly opinionated, and focused on military and political consequences.

Reliable biographical details about his wider life appear to be scarce in easily accessible sources, so much of what can be said with confidence comes from the 1920 publication itself and library records for that work. Even so, he stands out as a historical voice from the Russian side of the early 20th century’s major conflicts.