This article presents the heads of the military departments of the Russian Empire.

College of War

The Russian College of War (or ''War Collegium'') was created in the course of Government reform of Peter the Great 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 1724–26 * Prince Mikhail Golitsyn 1728–30 * Prince Vasiliy Dolgorukov 1730–31 * Count

Burkhard Christoph von Münnich Burkhard Christoph Graf von Münnich (, tr. ; – ) was a German-born army officer who became a field marshal and political figure in the Russian Empire. He carried out major reforms in the Russian Army and founded several elite militar ...

1732–41 * Prince Nikita Trubetskoy 1760–63 * Count Zakhar Chernyshev 1763–74 * Prince Grigory Potemkin 1774–91 * Count Nikolai Saltykov 1791–1802

Vice-Presidents

Ministry of Land Forces

Collegiums were replaced by Ministries as part of the Government reform of Alexander I. * Count

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 13 January 1808 – 1 January 1810 * Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly 20 January 1810 – 24 August 1812 * Prince Aleksey Gorchakov 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 26 August 1827 – 26 August 1852 * Prince Vasily Dolgorukov 26 August 1852 – 17 April 1856 * Nikolai 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 1 January 1898 – 7 February 1904 * Viktor Sakharov 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, 1 ...

3 January 1917 – 28 February 1917 * Alexander Guchkov 1 March 1917 – 30 April 1917

Ministry of Sea Forces

* Count Nikolay Mordvinov 8 September 1802 – 28 December 1802 * Pavel Chichagov 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

5 February 1836 – 23 February 1855 * Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel 18 May 1855 – 27 July 1857 * Nikolay Metlin 27 July 1857 – 18 September 1860 *

Nikolay Karlovich Krabbe Nikolay Karlovich Krabbe (russian: link=no, Николай Карлович Краббе) (September 19, 1814 – January 3, 1876) served as an admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy and as Minister of the Navy from 1860 to 1874. After graduating ...

19 September 1860 – 3 January 1876 * Stepan Lesovskiy 12 January 1876 – 23 June 1880 *

Aleksey Peschurov Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin A ...

23 June 1880 – 11 January 1882 * Ivan Shestakov 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 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 1 March 1917 – 30 April 1917

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