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The early Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n system of government instituted by Peter the Great
Peter I of Russia

Peter I the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V of Russia....
, which consisted of various state committees, each named Collegium
Collegium (ministry)

The collegia were government departments in Russian Empire, established in 1717 by Peter I of Russia. The departments were housed in the Twelve Collegia building in Saint Petersburg....
 with subordinate departments named Prikaz
Prikaz

Prikaz was an administrative or judicial office in Muscovy and Russia of 15th-18th centuries. The term is usually translated as "ministry ", "office" or "department"....
, was largely outdated by the 1800s. The responsibilities of the Collegiums were chosen very randomly and often overlapped.

Soon after Alexander I
Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I of Russia , also known as Alexander the Blessed served as Tsar of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815 to 1825, as well as the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland....
 inherited the throne in 1801, he formed a Privy Committee (????????? ???????) which consisted of Viktor Kochubey
Viktor Kochubey

Count Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey was a Russian statesman and a close aide of Alexander I of Russia. Of Ukrainian birth, he was a great-grandson of the celebrated Vasily Kochubey....
, Nikolay Novosiltsev, Pavel Stroganov and Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski

Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski was a Czartoryski family szlachta, statesman and author. He was the son of Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and Izabela Fleming ....
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The early Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n system of government instituted by Peter the Great
Peter I of Russia

Peter I the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V of Russia....
, which consisted of various state committees, each named Collegium
Collegium (ministry)

The collegia were government departments in Russian Empire, established in 1717 by Peter I of Russia. The departments were housed in the Twelve Collegia building in Saint Petersburg....
 with subordinate departments named Prikaz
Prikaz

Prikaz was an administrative or judicial office in Muscovy and Russia of 15th-18th centuries. The term is usually translated as "ministry ", "office" or "department"....
, was largely outdated by the 1800s. The responsibilities of the Collegiums were chosen very randomly and often overlapped.

Soon after Alexander I
Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I of Russia , also known as Alexander the Blessed served as Tsar of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815 to 1825, as well as the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland....
 inherited the throne in 1801, he formed a Privy Committee (????????? ???????) which consisted of Viktor Kochubey
Viktor Kochubey

Count Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey was a Russian statesman and a close aide of Alexander I of Russia. Of Ukrainian birth, he was a great-grandson of the celebrated Vasily Kochubey....
, Nikolay Novosiltsev, Pavel Stroganov and Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski

Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski was a Czartoryski family szlachta, statesman and author. He was the son of Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and Izabela Fleming ....
. Mikhail Speransky
Mikhail Speransky

Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky was probably the greatest of Russian reformers in the period between Peter I of Russia and Alexander II of Russia....
 took an active part in the Committee, although he wasn't a formal member.

The reforms proposed by Speransky were to introduce a parliament and a State Council
State Council of Imperial Russia

The State Council was the supreme state advisory body to the Tsar in Russian Empire....
 as legislative and executive bodies of the Tsar and to relieve the Governing Senate
Governing Senate

The Governing Senate was a legislative, judicial, and executive body of Tsar, instated by Peter I of Russia to replace the Duma and lasted until the very end of the Russian Empire....
 of these functions, transforming it to a kind of Supreme Court
Supreme court

A supreme court, also called a court of last resort or high court, is in some jurisdictions the highest court within that jurisdiction's court system, whose rulings are not subject to further review by another court....
. Speransky even prepared the Constitution project. The reform was stopped by 1810 because of the Napoleonic wars
Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
 and growing resistance from conservative nobility, as voiced by Nikolai Karamzin.

On September 8, 1802 Alexander I
Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I of Russia , also known as Alexander the Blessed served as Tsar of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815 to 1825, as well as the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland....
, the Emperor of the Russian Empire
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
, issued the Manifesto according to which following ministries had been founded on the basis of the Administration of State Affairs: Military Land Forces, Naval Forces, Foreign Affairs, Justice, Internal Affairs, Finances, Commerce, Education. The Manifesto facilitated the formation of the Russian State and unified the system of the executive power bodies. The Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Finances, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation are indirect successors of the Ministries founded according to the Manifesto of Alexander I
Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I of Russia , also known as Alexander the Blessed served as Tsar of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815 to 1825, as well as the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland....
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See also

  • Government reform of Peter I
    Government reform of Peter I

    The government reform of Peter I refers to a set of reforms introduced in the Russian political and administrative system during the reign of Peter I of Russia....