Nikolay Nikolayevich Benardos (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Бенардо́с) (1842–1905) was an inventor from the Russian Empire who was of Greek descent who in 1881 introduced carbon arc welding, which was the first practical arc welding method.

Nikolay Benardos was born on July 8, 1842, in Benardosivka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire.

[1] Nikolay Benardos was the first to apply an electric arc to heat the edges of the steel sheets to the plastic state.

[1] He could not stay in the capital due to his financial state of affairs and in 1899 he moved to Fastiv (now Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine).

[1] The museum was established in Pereiaslav (Ukraine) in 1981 to commemorate 100 years after inventing the Elektrogefest.