The Ministry of Justice was one 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 ...

's central public institutions and was established on 8 September 1802. The ministry was headed by the Minister of Justice (who was at the same time the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

Procurator General).

Structure

* A Board of Consultation for the cases brought from the Senate before the Minister of Justice as Procurator General. * First Department. * Second Department. * The Office of Surveys and the Surveying Institute (since 1870). *

Imperial School of Jurisprudence The Imperial School of Jurisprudence (Russian: Императорское училище правоведения) was, along with the Page Corps, a school for boys in Saint Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire. The school for would-be ...

. * Moscow Archives of the Ministry of Justice. * The Council on Prison Affairs and the Chief Prisons Office (since 1895, transferred from Ministry of Interior).

Sources

* Statesman handbook for Russia. 1896.
Encyclopedia of St. Petersburg
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Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

1802 establishments in the Russian Empire 1917 disestablishments in Russia

Structure

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