List of heads of the military of Imperial Russia

List of heads of the military of Imperial Russia

Contents

College of War

Main article: College of War

The Russian College of War (or War Collegium) was created in the course of Government reform of Peter I 11 December 1717.

Presidents

Vice-Presidents

Ministry of Land Forces

Main article: Ministry of Land Forces

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

Ministry of War

Main article: Ministry of War (Russia)

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

Ministry of Sea Forces

Main article: Imperial Russian Navy
  • 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 Aleksandr Menshikov 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 19 September 1860 – 3 January 1876
  • Stepan Lesovskiy 12 January 1876 – 23 June 1880
  • Aleksey Peschurov 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
  • Fyodor Avelan 10 March 1903 – 29 June 1905
  • Aleksey Birilyov 29 June 1905 – 11 January 1907
  • Ivan Dikov 11 January 1907 – 8 January 1909
  • Stepan Voevodskiy 8 January 1909 – 18 March 1911
  • Ivan Grigorovich 19 March 1911 – 28 February 1917
  • Alexander Guchkov 1 March 1917 – 30 April 1917

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