Nikolai Kolomeitsev

Nikolai Kolomeitsev
Pre-1917 photo of Kolomeitsev
Born(1867-07-16)16 July 1867
Pokrovka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now part of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine)
Died6 October 1944(1944-10-06) (aged 77)
Paris, France
Allegiance Russian Empire
 Russian Republic
Service / branch Imperial Russian Navy
Years of service1884–1920
RankAdmiral
CommandsBaltic Fleet
Battles / warsRusso-Japanese War
World War I
Russian Civil War
AwardsOrder of Saint Stanislaus (Imperial House of Romanov)
Order of St. George
Order of St. Anna
Order of St. Vladimir
Kolomeitsev in the Zarya in 1900
Russian Polar ship Zarya in 1902
Expedition members aboard Zarya.
Top row, third from left: Alexander Kolchak.
Second row: Kolomeitsev, Matisen, Toll, Walter, Seeberg and Byalynitsky-Birulya.

Nikolai Nikolaevich Kolomeitsev, also spelt Kolomeytsev (Russian: Николай Николаевич Коломейцев; 16 July 1867 – 6 October 1944), was a naval officer of the Russian Empire and Arctic explorer. During the Russian Civil War, he fought for the Whites.