Ministry of War of the Russian Empire, (russian: Военное министерство, ''Military Ministry'') was an administrative body in the

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from 1802 to 1917. It was established in 1802 as the ''Ministry of ground armed forces'' (russian: Министерство военно-сухопутных сил) taking over responsibilities from the

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during the

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. It was renamed to the ''Ministry of War'' in 1815.

Structure

At the end of the 19th century, the Ministry of War had following structure. * Military Council * War Ministry Chancellery * Grand Staff - personal matters, organization, instruction and economy of the army * His Imperial Majesty's Retinue * Departments: **

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Department **

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Department **

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(Military Technical) Department ** Military Medical Department ** Military Education Department ** Military Justice Department ** Department of

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Troops * Committees ** Committee on Military Codification - legislative questions ** Committee on Military Sanitation

Buildings

SPB War Offices (Lobanov-Rostovsky palace) 1890-1900

The Ministry was initially accommodated in Count Zakhar Chernyshyov's former palace on Moika River Embankment, which was bought by the State Treasury for the Military Collegium in 1795 (later it was rebuilt and transformed into the Mariinsky Palace). In 1824, the mezzanine and the first floor of the

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(12 Admiralteysky Avenue) were rented for the Ministry of War for 63,000 roubles a year. On 23 June 1828, the entire building was bought by the State Treasury for one million roubles, and in 1829-1830 it was renovated to meet the Ministry's needs. It housed the principal establishments of the Ministry until its dissolution in 1918. The main entrance is guarded by white marble Medici lions.

Ministers

Ministers of Land Forces

* Count Sergey Vyazmitinov 8 September 1802 – 13 January 1808 * Count Aleksey Arakcheyev 13 January 1808 – 1 January 1810 * Prince

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20 January 1810 – 24 August 1812 * Prince Aleksey Gorchakov 24 August 1812 – 12 December 1815 acting

Ministers of War

* Count Pyotr Konovnitsyn 12 December 1815 – 6 May 1819 * Baron Pyotr Meller-Zakomelskiy 6 May 1819 – 14 March 1823 * Count Aleksander Tatischev 14 March 1823 – 26 August 1827 * Prince Alexander Chernyshyov 26 August 1827 – 26 August 1852 * Prince Vasily Dolgorukov 26 August 1852 – 17 April 1856 * Nikolay Sukhozanet 17 April 1856 – 16 May 1861 * Count Dmitry Milyutin 16 May 1861 – 21 May 1881 * Pyotr Vannovsky 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 Imperial Minister of War (1904–1905). Biography Sakharov was ...

11 March 1904 – 21 June 1905 * Aleksandr Roediger 21 June 1905 – 11 March 1909 * Vladimir Sukhomlinov 11 March 1909 – 13 June 1915 * Alexei Polivanov 13 June 1915 – 15 March 1916 * Dmitry Shuvayev 15 March 1916 – 3 January 1917 *

Mikhail Belyaev Mikhail Alekseyevich Belyaev (russian: Михаи́л Алексе́евич Беля́ев; December 23, 18631918) was a Russian general of the Infantry, statesman, Chief of Staff of the Imperial Russian Army from August 1, 1914, to August 10, ...

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.https://en.mvd.ru › Ministry › history History 1718 - 1802 years - Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian ...

References

External links

Encyclopedia of Saint Petersburg
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