author
Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich Tret'iakov
1854–1917
A Russian general and military engineer, he left behind a vivid firsthand account of the fighting at Nan Shan and Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War. His memoir brings a soldier’s eye for detail to one of the conflict’s most dramatic campaigns.
1 Audiobook
My Experiences at Nan Shan and Port Arthur with the Fifth East Siberian Rifles
by Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich Tret'iakov
About the author
Born in 1854, Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich Tret'iakov was a military engineer and general in the Imperial Russian Army. He is best remembered for his role in the Russo-Japanese War, especially in the defense of Port Arthur, where his experience in fortifications and front-line command shaped the story he later told in print.
His best-known work in English is My Experiences at Nan Shan and Port Arthur with the Fifth East Siberian Rifles, a firsthand narrative of battle, command, and siege warfare. That background gives his writing a direct, practical quality, with the perspective of someone who was deeply involved in the events he describes.
Tret'iakov died in 1917. For listeners interested in military memoirs, his work offers both personal testimony and a close-up view of a turning point in early twentieth-century warfare.