The Collegium of Mining was an executive body in the Russian Empire from 1722, when the Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing

Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing

The Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing was a Russian executive body , created in the government reform of 1717. Its first President was Ivan Musin-Pushkin....

 split into two. It was closed in 1783 under Catherine II of Russia

Catherine II of Russia

Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great , Empress of Russia, was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia on as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg...

, before being reopened in 1796.

Its Presidents were: H. W. Bruce (1719-1726); A. K. Zybin (1726-1731); A. F. Tomilov (1742-1753); M. S. Opochinina (1753-1760); I. A. Schlatter (1760-1767); A. E. Musin-Pushkin (1767-1771); M. F. Soymonov (1771-1781); I. VI Ryazanov (1781-1784); A. A. Nartov (1796-1798); A. B. Alyab'ev (1798-1802); A. IA Korsakov (1802-1806).