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Collegium Of State Income
The Collegium of State Income (russian: Камер-коллегия, ''Kamer-kollegiya''; or Revenue) was a Russian executive body (collegium), created in the government reform of 1717. It was de-established during the decentralising reforms of Catherine II of Russia in 1785, restored 12 years later by her successor Paul I to be finally liquidated in 1801. It was responsible for the management of state fees and some branches of the economy (agriculture, etc.); later, some of its affairs were transferred to other collegia. Presidents # Dmitry Golitsyn (1718–22) # Gerasim Koshelev (1722) # Alexey Pleshcheyev (1723–25) # Alexander Naryshkin (1725–27) # Dmitry Golitsyn (1727–32) # Sergey Golitsyn (1732–35) # Pyotr Melgunov (1735–37) # Ivan Bibikov (1737–42) # Grigory Kislovsky (1742–53) # Mikhail Shakhovskoy (1753–60) # Ivan Yushkov (1760–62) # Boris Kurakin (1762–64) # Alexey Melgunov (1764–77) # Mikhail Shcherbatov (1778–84) # Vasily Popov (1797–99) # Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collegium (ministry)
The ''collegia'' (plural of a ''collegium'', "joined by law") were government departments in Imperial Russia, established in 1717 by Peter the Great. They were housed in the Twelve Collegia building in Saint Petersburg. The reasons for establishing the colleges In 1718-19, the liquidation of the former state bodies took place, replacing them with new ones, more suitable for young Peter the Great of Russia. The Senate founding in 1711 served as a signal for the establishing of the sectoral management bodies - colleges. According to the plan of the Peter the Great, they had to replace the awkward system of prikaz and bring two innovations into the administration: # The systematic separation of departments (orders often substituted each other, performing the same function that caused chaos in management. Moreover, some other functions were not at all covered by any clerical proceedings). # Advisory procedure for solving the cases. The form of the new central government was borrowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Reform Of Peter I
The government reforms of Peter I aimed to modernize the Tsardom of Russia (later the Russian Empire) based on Western European models. Peter ascended to the throne at the age of 10 in 1682; he ruled jointly with his half-brother Ivan V. After Ivan's death in 1696, Peter started his series of sweeping reforms. At first he intended these reforms to support the Great Northern War of 1700-1721; later, more systematic reforms significantly changed the internal structure and administration of the state. Background During the Great Northern War (1700–1721), which dominated most of Peter's reign, Russia, along with a host of allies, seized control of the Baltic Sea from Sweden and gained considerable influence in Central and Eastern Europe. The war, one of history's costliest at the time, consumed significant financial and economic resources, and the administrative system Peter had inherited from his predecessors strained to gather and manage resources. During his Grand Embassy (russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine II Of Russia
, en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes , house = , father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp , birth_date = , birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst , birth_place = Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia, Holy Roman Empire(now Szczecin, Poland) , death_date = (aged 67) , death_place = Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire , burial_date = , burial_place = Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg , signature = Catherine The Great Signature.svg , religion = Catherine II (born Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power following the overthrow of her husband, Peter III. Under her long reign, inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment, Russia experienced a renaissance of culture and sciences, which led to the founding of ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn The Elder
Prince Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn (russian: Дмитрий Михайлович Голицын, Golitsyn, ɡɐˈlʲitsɨn; 16651737) was a Russian aristocrat of the Golitsyn family. A cousin of Prince Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn, he was noted for his noble attempt to turn Russia into a constitutional monarchy. Golitsyn was sent by Peter the Great in 1697 to Italy to learn military affairs; in 1704 he was appointed to the command of an auxiliary corps in Poland against Charles XII; from 1711 to 1718 he was governor of Belgorod. In 1718 he was appointed president of the newly erected Commerce Collegium and a senator. In May 1723 he was implicated in the disgrace of the vice-chancellor Shafirov and was deprived of all his offices and dignities, which he only recovered through the mediation of the empress. After the death of Peter the Great, Golitsyn became the recognized head of the old Conservative party which had never forgiven Peter for divorcing Eudoxia and marrying the plebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Kurakin (1733)
Prince Boris–Leonty Alexandrovich Kurakin (1733 – 1764) was a Russian statesman, clerk, senator. Biography The son of the Chief Stahlmeister, Prince Alexander Borisovich Kurakin and Alexandra Ivanovna, née Panina. Nothing is known of his childhood and youth; in 1761 – lieutenant general; in 1762, he was the hofmeister. Having established a commission on November 29, 1762 to resolve the issue of monastic estates, Catherine II appointed to this commission secular persons: Senator Count Ivan Vorontsov, Prince Sergey Gagarin, Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod Prince Kozlovsky, Teplov and Prince Boris Kurakin. Upon the establishment of the Collegium of Economy on May 12, 1763, Prince Kurakin was appointed its president. This was a very important appointment: the Collegium of Savings was to collect over one and a half million revenues, that is, almost a tenth of the then total budget of Russia. By a decree of March 30, 1764, the Chamber Collegium was also entrusted with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Shcherbatov
Prince Mikhailo Mikhailovich Shcherbatov (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Щерба́тов; 22 July 1733 – 12 December 1790) was a leading ideologue and exponent of the Russian Enlightenment, on the par with Mikhail Lomonosov and Nikolay Novikov. His view of human nature and social progress is kindred to Swift's pessimism. He was known as a statesman, historian, writer and philosopher, and was one of the most visible representatives of the nascent Russian conservatism during the second half of the 18th century. M. M. Shcherbatov received a good-formal education. He studied history, philosophy, literature and medicine. Until the end of his life he had a vast collection of 40,000 volumes in his home library. Like all educated people of that time he knew French, and in addition to that, he was also competent in German, Italian and a few other western languages. From 1767 onwards, Shcherbatov was in the public service and held responsible posts. He represented the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasili Stepanovich Popov
Vasili Stepanovich Popov - Popowski (russian: Василий Степанович Попов, pl, Bazyli Popowski; 1743–1822) was an Imperial Russian general and statesman who presided over the office of Prince Potemkin. Bazyli Popowski vel Vasili Popov was born in the Polish noble family of the Pobóg coat of arms. The father of Bazyli Popowski was Szczepan Popowski, a state official in Kazan. Szczepan Popowski was born in the family estate of Popovo - Kuligóv ( pl, Popowo - Kuligowo), today Popowo-Parcele in Poland in Mazovia. The owner of the Popovo - Kuligov estate was Aleksander Popowski, father of Szczepan Popowski. In 1792 Popov advised Empress Catherine II of Russia on Polish affairs. It was he who authored the Targowicka Confederation founding act. Emperor Paul appointed him senator. Popov had large estates in the Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamer-Kollezhsky Rampart
Kamer-Kollezhsky rampart ( Russian: Камер-Коллежский вал, ''Kamer-Kollezhsky val'', also translated as Kamer-Collegium barriers or Chamber-Collegium wall) was a rampart which was built by Kamer Collegium (Collegium of State Income of the Russian Empire) and became the last of the Moscow city walls. After demolishing of the ramparts and gates it became a ring of streets around the center of Moscow, Russia. It is the third historical ring of Moscow (after Boulevard Ring and Garden Ring), with a total length of 37 kilometers,Russian: Энциклопедия "Москва", М, 1997 partially integrated into the modern Third Ring circular highway. Kamer-Kollezhsky Val is not a road ring in a strict sense, as it has no crossings over the Moskva River. The rampart was built in 1731-1742 by Kamer Collegium (tax authority, one of 12 colleges of Peter I), originally as an earth wall with 16 (later 18) guarded checkpoints (застава, zastava) for internal passport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collegia Of The Russian Empire
A (plural ), or college, was any association in ancient Rome that Corporation, acted as a Legal person, legal entity. Following the passage of the ''Lex Julia'' during the reign of Julius Caesar as Roman consul, Consul and Roman dictator, Dictator of the Roman Republic (49–44 BC), and their reaffirmation during the reign of Augustus, Caesar Augustus as ''Princeps senatus'' and Imperator of the Imperial Roman army, Roman Army (27 BC–14 AD), ''collegia'' required the approval of the Roman Senate or the Roman emperor, Emperor in order to be Charter, authorized as legal bodies. Such associations could be civil or religious. The word literally means "society", from (‘colleague’). They functioned as social clubs or religious collectives whose members worked towards their shared interests. These shared interests encompassed a wide range of the various aspects of urban life; including political interests, cult practices, professions, trade, and civic services. The social co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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