The Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing (also College) was a Russian executive body (

collegium A (plural ), or college, was any association in ancient Rome that acted as a legal entity. Following the passage of the ''Lex Julia'' during the reign of Julius Caesar as Consul and Dictator of the Roman Republic (49–44 BC), and their reaff ...

), created in the government reform of 1717. Its first President was

Ivan Musin-Pushkin Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

. In 1722 the collegium was split up into two separate bodies: the

Collegium of Mining The Collegium of Mining (''Berg-kollegia''; also College) was an executive body in the Russian Empire from 1722, when the Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing split into two. It was closed in 1783 under Catherine II of Russia , en, Catherin ...

and the

Collegium of Manufacturing The Collegium of Manufacturing (''Manufaktur-kollegia''; also College) was an executive body in the Russian Empire from 1722, when the Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing The Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing (also College) was a Russian exe ...

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