The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire (russian: Министе́рство иностранных дел Российской империи) was a

ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

responsible for relations with foreign states from 1802 to 1917. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established by decree of the Emperor

Alexander I of Russia Alexander I (; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death. He was the eldest son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. The son o ...

on 8 September 1802 by Manifesto "On the establishment of ministries." With the formation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the preceding

Collegium of Foreign Affairs The Collegium of Foreign Affairs (russian: Коллегия иностранных дел или иностранная коллегия Российской империи) was a Collegium (ministry), collegium of the Russian Empire responsible ...

was not disbanded and continued to exist until April 1832 as a child agency of the Ministry. According to the decree "On the formation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs" from 1832, the Ministry included the Council, the Asian Department, the Department of External Relations, the Department of Internal Affairs and the Department of Economic and Accounting Affairs, as well as three main archives: two in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and one in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs became one of the ministries of the

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from 1905 until it was dissolved on 2 March 1917 after the February Revolution, though remnants served as the foreign ministry of the short-lived

Russian Provisional Government The Russian Provisional Government ( rus, Временное правительство России, Vremennoye pravitel'stvo Rossii) was a provisional government of the Russian Republic, announced two days before and established immediately ...

until October. Its role was eventually replaced by the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the

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in 1923.

Ministers

Provisional Government/Russian Republic

References

Government of the Russian Empire

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Ministers

Provisional Government/Russian Republic

See also

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