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This article presents the heads of the military departments 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. ...
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College of War

The Russian College of War (or ''War Collegium'') was created in the course of
Government reform of Peter the Great The government reforms of Peter I aimed to modernize the Tsardom of Russia (later the Russian Empire) based on Western Europe, Western European models. Peter the Great, Peter ascended to the throne at the age of 10 in 1682; he ruled jointly with ...
11 December 1717.


Presidents

* Prince
Alexander Menshikov Alexander Menshikov may refer to: * Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673–1729), Russian statesman * Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (russian: Князь Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ме́н ...
1717–24 * Prince
Anikita Repnin Prince Anikita Ivanovich Repnin (russian: Аники́та Ива́нович Репни́н, tr. ; 1668 – 3 July 1726, in Riga) was a prominent Russian general during the Great Northern War who superintended the taking of Riga in 1710 and se ...
1724–26 * Prince
Mikhail Golitsyn Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn or Galitzin (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Голи́цын, tr. ; 1 November 1675 in Moscow – 10 December 1730) was a Russian Imperial field marshal (1725) and a president of the Colleg ...
1728–30 * Prince Vasiliy Dolgorukov 1730–31 * Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich 1732–41 * Prince
Nikita Trubetskoy Prince Nikita Yurievich Trubetskoy ( Russian: ''Никита Юрьевич Трубецкой'') (26 May 1699 – 16 October 1767) was a Russian statesman and Field Marshal (1756), minister of defense of Russia 1760. His parents were general- ...
1760–63 * Count
Zakhar Chernyshev Zakhar Grigoryevich Chernyshev (172231 August 1784) was a Russian noble, courtier to Catherine the Great, Imperial Russian Army officer, and Imperial Russian politician in the 18th century. After made a courtier to then-Princess Sophie of Anha ...
1763–74 * Prince
Grigory Potemkin Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski (, also , ;, rus, Князь Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин-Таври́ческий, Knjaz' Grigórij Aleksándrovich Potjómkin-Tavrícheskij, ɡrʲɪˈɡ ...
1774–91 * Count
Nikolai Saltykov Count, then Prince Nikolay Ivanovich Saltykov (russian: Николай Иванович Салтыков, 31 October 1736 – 28 May 1816), a member of the Saltykov noble family, was a Russian Imperial Field Marshal and courtier best known ...
1791–1802


Vice-Presidents


Ministry of Land Forces

Collegiums were replaced by Ministries as part of the
Government reform of Alexander I The early Russian system of government instituted by Peter the Great, which consisted of various state committees, each named ''Collegium'' with subordinate departments named '' Prikaz'', was largely outdated by the 19th century. The responsibi ...
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Sergey Vyazmitinov Count Sergey Kuzmich Vyazmitinov (russian: Серге́й Кузьмич Вязьмитинов) (7 October 1744 – 15 October 1819) was a Russian general and statesman. He descended from the ancient noble landowner's family of Ruthenian ori ...
8 September 1802 – 13 January 1808 * Count
Aleksey Arakcheyev Count Alexey Andreyevich Arakcheyev or Arakcheev (russian: граф Алексе́й Андре́евич Аракче́ев) ( – ) was an Imperial Russian general and statesman during the reign of Tsar Alexander I. He served under Tsars Paul ...
13 January 1808 – 1 January 1810 * Prince
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (german: Fürst Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly; baptised – ) was an Imperial Russian soldier of Baltic German and Scottish origin, who was commander-in-chief and Minister of War of the Russian Empire ...
20 January 1810 – 24 August 1812 * Prince
Aleksey Gorchakov Prince Aleksey Ivanovich Gorchakov (russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Горчако́в; – ) was a Russian general and statesman from the Gorchakov family. Biography Aleksey Gorchakov was a son of Prince Ivan Gorchakov and a si ...
24 August 1812 – 12 December 1815 acting


Ministry of War

On 17 December 1815 the Ministry of Land Forces was renamed to the Ministry of War. * Count Pyotr Konovnitsyn 12 December 1815 – 6 May 1819 * Baron Pyotr Meller-Zakomelskiy 6 May 1819 – 14 March 1823 * Count
Aleksander Tatischev Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
14 March 1823 – 26 August 1827 * Prince
Alexander Chernyshyov Prince Alexander Ivanovich Chernyshov (russian: Александр Иванович Чернышев, 1786, Moscow - 1857, Castellammare di Stabia), General of Cavalry (1827), was a Russian military leader, diplomat and statesman, whose career be ...
26 August 1827 – 26 August 1852 * Prince Vasily Dolgorukov 26 August 1852 – 17 April 1856 *
Nikolai Sukhozanet Nikolai Onufrievich Sukhozanet (russian: Никола́й Ону́фриевич Сухозане́т) (1794 – 22 July 1871) was an Imperial Russian Army general and statesman. Nikolai Sukhozanet was born in a noble family of Vitebsk guberni ...
17 April 1856 – 16 May 1861 * Count
Dmitry Milyutin Count Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin ( rus, Граф Дми́трий Алексе́евич Милю́тин, tr. ; 28 June 1816, Moscow – 25 January 1912, Simeiz near Yalta) was Minister of War (1861–81) and the last Field Marshal of I ...
16 May 1861 – 21 May 1881 *
Pyotr Vannovsky Pyotr Semyonovich Vannovsky (russian: Пётр Семёнович Ванновский, translit=Pëtr Semënovič Vannovskij; Reforms of Russian orthography#The post-revolution reform, Russian (before 1918): Пётръ Семёновичъ В ...
22 May 1881 – 1 January 1898 *
Aleksey Kuropatkin Aleksey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin (russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Куропа́ткин; March 29, 1848January 16, 1925) served as the Russian Imperial Minister of War from January 1898 to February 1904 and as a field command ...
1 January 1898 – 7 February 1904 *
Viktor Sakharov Viktor Viktorovich Sakharov (russian: Виктор Викторович Сахаров; 20 July 1848 in Moscow – 22 November 1905 in Saratov) was a Russian lieutenant general and Ministry of War of the Russian Empire, Imperial Minister of War (1 ...
11 March 1904 – 21 June 1905 *
Aleksandr Roediger Alexander Roediger (or Rödiger) (russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ре́дигер, tr. ; , in Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire – 26 January 1920, in Sevastopol, Crimean ASSR, Russian SFSR) was a Russo-Ger ...
21 June 1905 – 11 March 1909 *
Vladimir Sukhomlinov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov ( rus, Владимир Александрович Сухомлинов, p=sʊxɐˈmlʲinəf; – 2 February 1926) was a Russian general of the Imperial Russian Army who served as the Chief of the General Staf ...
11 March 1909 – 13 June 1915 *
Alexei Polivanov Alexei Andreyevich Polivanov (russian: Алексей Андреевич Поливанов) (March 16, 1855 – September 25, 1920) was a Russian military figure, infantry general (1915). He served as Russia's Minister of War from June ...
13 June 1915 – 15 March 1916 *
Dmitry Shuvayev Dmitry Savelyevich Shuvayev (; – 19 December 1937) was a Russian military leader, Infantry General (1912) and Minister of War (1916). Life Dmitry Shuvayev graduated from Alexander Military School in 1872. Between 1873 and 1875, he particip ...
15 March 1916 – 3 January 1917 * Mikhail Belyaev 3 January 1917 – 28 February 1917 *
Alexander Guchkov Alexander Ivanovich Guchkov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Гучко́в) (14 October 1862 – 14 February 1936) was a Russian politician, Chairman of the Third Duma and Minister of War in the Russian Provisional Government. ...
1 March 1917 – 30 April 1917


Ministry of Sea Forces

* Count Nikolay Mordvinov 8 September 1802 – 28 December 1802 *
Pavel Chichagov Pavel Vasilievich Chichagov or Tchichagov (russian: Па́вел Васи́льевич Чича́гов) (20 August 1849) was a Russian military and naval commander of the Napoleonic Wars. He was born in 1767 in Saint Petersburg, the son of Ad ...
31 December 1802 – 28 November 1811 * Ivan de Traverse 28 November 1811 – 17 December 1815


Ministry of the Navy

On 17 December 1815 the Ministry of Sea Forces was renamed, becoming the Ministry of the Navy. * Ivan de Traverse 17 December 1815 – 24 March 1828 * Anton Moller 24 March 1828 – 5 February 1836 * Prince
Alexander Menshikov Alexander Menshikov may refer to: * Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673–1729), Russian statesman * Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (russian: Князь Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ме́н ...
5 February 1836 – 23 February 1855 * Baron
Ferdinand von Wrangel Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (russian: Барон Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель, tr. ; – ) was a Baltic German explorer and seaman in the Imperial Russian Navy, Honorable Member of the Saint ...
18 May 1855 – 27 July 1857 * Nikolay Metlin 27 July 1857 – 18 September 1860 * Nikolay Karlovich Krabbe 19 September 1860 – 3 January 1876 * Stepan Lesovskiy 12 January 1876 – 23 June 1880 * Aleksey Peschurov 23 June 1880 – 11 January 1882 *
Ivan Shestakov Ivan Alexeyevich Shestakov (russian: Ива́н Алексе́евич Шестако́в; 13 April 1820 – 3 December 1888) was a Russian naval officer, statesman, and writer. Early years Shestakov was born in the village of Syrok ...
11 January 1882 – 21 November 1888 * Nikolay Chikhachyov 28 November 1888 – 13 July 1896 * Pyotr Tyrtov 13 July 1896 – 4 March 1903 *
Theodor Avellan Theodor Kristian Avellan (, Fyodor Karlovich Avelan; 12 September 1839 – 30 September 1916) was a Finland-Swedish admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, noted for his role in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. Although castigated by the ...
10 March 1903 – 29 June 1905 *
Aleksei Birilev Aleksei Alekseyevich Birelev (russian: Алексей Алексеевич Бирилёв) (16 March 1844 – 6 February 1915) was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, a member of the State Council and Minister of the Navy in the Imperial Gove ...
29 June 1905 – 11 January 1907 * Ivan Dikov 11 January 1907 – 8 January 1909 * Stepan Voevodskiy 8 January 1909 – 18 March 1911 *
Ivan Grigorovich Ivan Konstantinovich Grigorovich (russian: Ива́н Константи́нович Григоро́вич) (26 January 1853 – 3 March 1930) served as Imperial Russia's last Naval Minister from 1911 until the onset of the 1917 revolution. Ea ...
19 March 1911 – 28 February 1917 *
Alexander Guchkov Alexander Ivanovich Guchkov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Гучко́в) (14 October 1862 – 14 February 1936) was a Russian politician, Chairman of the Third Duma and Minister of War in the Russian Provisional Government. ...
1 March 1917 – 30 April 1917


See also

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List of heads of the military of post-imperial Russia This article presents the heads of the military departments of the Russian Provisional Government (Russian Republic), the Russian SFSR, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. Provisional Government (1917) Russian Soviet Federative Soci ...
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Military history of the Russian Empire The military history of the Russian Empire encompasses the history of armed conflict in which the Russian Empire participated. This history stretches from its creation in 1721 by Peter the Great, until the Russian Revolution (1917), which led to ...
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Council of Ministers of Russia The Russian Council of Ministers is an executive governmental council that brings together the principal officers of the Executive Branch of the Russian government. This includes the chairman of the government and ministers of federal government dep ...
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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 ...


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