[1] Velyaminov was born in Saint Petersburg to the family of a career officer in the Imperial Russian Army.

He graduated from Moscow State University's Department of Medicine in 1877 by taking his examinations earlier than normally permitted, and was assigned as an intern at a military hospital in Tiflis.

He died in 1920 of coronary artery disease, and was buried at the Volkov Orthodox Cemetery in St Petersburg.

Velyaminov described a new form of arthropathy (thyrotoxic polyarthritis) and developed a classification of diseases of the joints and thyroid gland.

In summary, Nikolai Velyaminov (27/02/1855) was notable for improving the state of medical treatment in the Imperial Russian Army, in1894, he became a professor at the Academy of Battlefield Medicine, and after he was critical of the new Bolshevik regime he was stripped of position and honors, he later died on April the ninth, 1920 from coronary artery disease and was buried at Volkov Orthodox Cemetery in St Petersburg.