Artem Volkov

Artem Semyonovich Volkov was a Russian high-ranking officer and military theorist.

Early Life
Artem Symonovich Volkov was born to one of the wealthiest families of Smolensk in 1680. The Volkov family owned 3/4 of all the farmlands in Smolensk at the time. Artem was the youngest of six children. He was sent to the military academy at the age of 15.

Life
At the military academy Volkov performed reasonably well. Soon, military strategies caught his interest more than advancing his own ability to fight. He began reading military strategy books by Charles Lambert and Jean-Pascal Cordonnier. When he graduated from the military academy at age 19 in 1699, he first went on to serve in a aristocrat cavalry unit.