List of heads of the military of Imperial Russia

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

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 the Great 11 December 1717.

Presidents

• Prince Alexander Menshikov 1717–24
• Prince Anikita Repnin 1724–26
• Prince Mikhail Golitsyn 1728–30
• Prince Vasiliy Dolgorukov 1730–31
• Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich 1732–41
• Prince Nikita Trubetskoy 1760–63
• Count Zakhar Chernyshev 1763–74
• Prince Grigory Potemkin 1774–91
• Count Nikolai Saltykov 1791–1802

Ministry of Land Forces

Main article: Imperial Russian Army

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

• Count Sergey Vyazmitinov 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

Main article: Ministry of War of the Russian Empire

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
• 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 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

Flag of the Russian Minister of the Navy

Further information: Admiralty Board (Russian Empire)

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 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
• Theodor Avellan 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 19 March 1911 – 28 February 1917
• Alexander Guchkov 1 March 1917 – 30 April 1917

See also

• List of heads of the military of post-imperial Russia
• Military history of the Russian Empire
• Council of Ministers of Russia
• Russian Provisional Government

External links

• (in Russian) Ministers of Imperial Russia