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C. M. Shumsky-Solomonov
A Russian army colonel and military commentator, he wrote from direct experience of war and from close knowledge of Russia’s military debates. His short work on World War I argues passionately for Russia’s role and sacrifices in the conflict.
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Russia's Part in the World War
by C. M. Shumsky-Solomonov
About the author
Best known for Russia's Part in the World War (1920), C. M. Shumsky-Solomonov was identified in contemporary editions as Colonel C. M. Shumsky-Solomonov, an officer of the Russian Army and a writer on military affairs. The introduction to the work presents him as a defender of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War and notes that he was known as a military expert for the Petrograd newspaper Birjeviya Viedomosti.
His writing reflects that background: concise, forceful, and strongly shaped by firsthand military experience. In Russia's Part in the World War, he sets out to explain Russia’s contribution to the Allied war effort and the scale of its losses, making the book both a historical argument and a piece of wartime interpretation.
Reliable biographical information about his wider life appears to be limited in easily accessible sources, so many personal details remain unclear. What can be confirmed is that his surviving reputation rests on this compact, politically charged account of Russia in World War I.