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Ministry Of War Of The Russian Empire
Ministry of War of the Russian Empire (, ''Military Ministry'') was an administrative body in the Russian Empire from 1802 to 1917. It was established in 1802 as the ''Ministry of ground armed forces'' () taking over responsibilities from the College of War during the Government reform of Alexander I which led to the Ministerial reform in the Russian Empire, creation of ministries. It was renamed to the ''Ministry of War'' in 1815. Structure At the end of the 19th century, the Ministry of War had following structure. * Military Council (Russian Empire), Military Council * War Ministry Chancellery * Grand Staff - personal matters, organization, instruction and economy of the army * H. I. M. Retinue, His Imperial Majesty's Retinue * Departments: ** Commissariat Department ** Artillery Department ** Military engineering, Engineer (Military Technical) Department ** Military Medical Department ** Military Education Department ** Military Justice Department ** Department of Cossack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the list of largest empires, third-largest empire in history, behind only the British Empire, British and Mongol Empire, Mongol empires. It also Russian colonization of North America, colonized Alaska between 1799 and 1867. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity. From the 10th to 17th centuries, the Russians had been ruled by a noble class known as the boyars, above whom was the tsar, an absolute monarch. The groundwork of the Russian Empire was laid by Ivan III (), who greatly expanded his domain, established a centralized Russian national state, and secured inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lobanov-Rostovsky Residence
Lobanov-Rostovsky Residence or the Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace is a building at 12 Admiralteysky Avenue in Saint Petersburg, Russia, constructed in 1817-1820 for Prince Alexander Yakovlevich Lobanov-Rostovsky. Today, the building houses a luxury hotel, the Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace, named for the two Medici Lions at the main entrance. It is not to be confused with the Lobanov-Rostovsky House at 43, Myasnitskaya Street, Moscow. Architecture The Neoclassical or Empire style building is an early work of the architect Auguste de Montferrand. The triangular building faces Admiralty Garden, Voznesensky Avenue and Saint Isaac's Square. The main entrance, on the Admiralteisky Avenue, has an eight-column portico facing the Admiralty building, and its porch is guarded by white marble Medici lions by sculptor Paolo Triscorni on granite pedestals. Triscorni's sculptures were made famous by Pushkin in his last long poem, ''The Bronze Horseman''. History In 1824, the mezzanine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasily Andreyevich Dolgorukov
Prince Vasily Andreyevich Dolgorukov (; 1804–1868) was a Russian statesman, General of the Cavalry (1856, a full General equivalent), Minister of War (1852–1856), Chief of Gendarmes and Executive Head of the Third Section of H.I.M. Chancellery (1856–1866). Biography From the Dolgorukov family. He was born in Moscow into the family of state councilor Prince Andrei Nikolaevich Dolgorukov (1772-1834) and Elizaveta Nikolaevna Saltykova. He was baptized on February 24, 1804 in the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Zubovo at the reception of his grandfather N. N. Saltykov. His father was the grandnephew of Field Marshal Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov, his mother was the granddaughter of Chief Prosecutor Yakov Shakhovskoy. He had brothers Nikolai, Ivan (1796-1807), Ilya, Sergei (1802-1832), Dmitry (1808-1809), Vladimir and sisters Ekaterina, Maria, Alexandra. Having received his education at home, in 1821 he entered the Life Guards as a cadet. Cavalry Regiment and was pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Tatischev
Count Alexandr Ivanovich Tatischev (; August 8 (19), 1763 – June 17 (29), 1833) was a Russian military leader of the Napoleonic Wars, infantry general (1823) and Minister of War from 1823 to 1827. Biography Alexandr Ivanovich Tatischev comes from the ancient noble family of Tatischev. He was born on August 8, 1763, in the family of the Rylsky Uyezd Marshal of Nobility, captain Ivan Alekseevich Tatishchev (1738–1786). He was the nephew of Nikolai Tatishchev. He was educated at home. In January 1774 he joined the Novotroitsk Cuirassier Regiment as a Wachtmeister. In September 1776 he was promoted to cornet rank, in September 1779 to lieutenant, in March 1784 to captain and in June 1787 to second major. Together with the regiment he took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792, and participated in the Siege of Ochakov in 1788. In September 1790 he was promoted to premier major. He took part in the war with Poland in 1792. He was granted the rank of lieutenant colonel f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyotr Meller-Zakomelsky
Baron Pyotr Ivanovich Meller-Zakomelsky (; October 28 (November 8), 1755 – June 9 (21), 1823) was a Russian military leader and General of Artillery (1814) who served as Minister of War of the Russian Empire from 1819 to 1823. Biography He was born in Saint Peterburg into the family of General-in-Chief Ivan Ivanovich Möller-Sakomelsky, who received the title of Baron and the surname Meller-Zakomelsky on December 6, 1788, in connection with his distinction in the capture of the Turkish fortress of Ochakov. He was educated in the Artillery and Engineering Gentry Corps. On November 30, 1769, he began serving as an ensign and was appointed adjutant to his father.Меллер-Закомельские // Военная энциклопедия : � 18 т./ под ред. В. Ф. Новицкого … � др. — СПб. ; �.: Тип. т-ва И. Д. Сытина, 1911—1915. On January 1, 1772, he was assigned to the Engineering Corps. On June 5, 1773, he was appointed adjutant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyotr Konovnitsyn
Count Pyotr Petrovich Konovnitsyn (; 1764–1822) was a Russian military leader, General of Infantry, who served as Minister of War of the Russian Empire from 1815 to 1819. Biography Born in Pskov to the family of a local landowner, Pyotr Petrovich Konovnitsyn, who later became the Governor of Saint Petersburg. From a noble family that traced its roots back to the roots of the House of Romanov (that is, to Andrei Kobyla). He spent his childhood and youth in the family estate of Kyarovo, Gdovsky Uyezd Saint Petersburg Governorate. In 1770, he was enrolled in the Artillery and Engineering Gentry Cadet Corps. On October 8, 1774, he was enrolled as a furir to the Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment. He received his education and upbringing at home. He began his active service on January 12, 1785, in the Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment as a sub-ensign. He participated in the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-1790. On July 3, 1791, he was sent with the rank of Prime major to the war wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Gorchakov
Prince Aleksey Ivanovich Gorchakov (; – ) was a Russian general and statesman from the Gorchakov family. Biography Aleksey Gorchakov was a son of Prince Ivan Gorchakov and a sister of the noted Russian ''generalissimo'' Alexander Suvorov. Born in Moscow, he enlisted in the Life Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment in 1774, and began his service several years later in 1781. In 1786 he entered the regular army as a captain and served with distinction (as an adjudant) under his uncle Suvorov in the Turkish War of 1787–92. Gorchakov distinguished himself in the campaigns of 1789 at Akkerman, at Ochakov, the latter for which he received the Order of St. George (4th class) as well as being promoted to lieutenant colonel and becoming an adjudant to Prince Potemkin, at Kaumany, at Bender and in the campaign of 1790. In 1790 he was promoted to colonel of Azov regiment. In 1792 he fought in the Poland (Polish–Russian War of 1792) and received the Order of St. Vladimir (4th cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Andreas Barclay De Tolly
Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (baptised – ) was a Russian field marshal who figured prominently in the Napoleonic Wars. Barclay was born into a Baltic German family from Livland. His father was the first of his family to be accepted into the Russian nobility. Barclay joined the Imperial Russian Army at a young age in 1776. He served with distinction in the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92), the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790), and the Kościuszko Uprising (1794). In 1806, Barclay began commanding in the Napoleonic Wars, distinguishing himself at the Battle of Pułtusk that same year. He was wounded at the Battle of Eylau in 1807 while his troops were covering the retreat of the Russian army. Because of his wounds, he was forced to leave command. The following year, he carried out successful operations in the Finnish War against Sweden. Barclay led a large number of Russian troops approximately 100 km across the frozen Gulf of Bothnia in winter during a snows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Andreyevich Arakcheyev
Count Alexey Andreyevich Arakcheyev or Arakcheev (; b. in Garusovo – d. in Gruzino estate, Gruzino) was an Russian Empire, Imperial Russian general and statesman during the reign of Alexander I of Russia, Tsar Alexander I. He served under Tsars Paul I of Russia, Paul I and Alexander I as an army commander and Inspector of Artillery. He had a violent temper, but was a competent artillerist, and is known for his reforms of Russian artillery known as the "System of 1805". When Alexander was succeeded by Nicholas I of Russia, Nicholas I, he lost all his offices. Early years Count Arakcheyev was born on his father's estate in Udomelsky District, Garusovo, in Vyshnevolotsky Uyezd (at the time a part of Novgorod Governorate, from 1796 part of Tver Governorate). He was educated in arithmetic by a priest, and though he shone at arithmetic, he never mastered writing and grammar. In 1783, with the help of General Peter Ivanovich Melissino, Arakcheyev enrolled in the Shlyakhetny artil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Defence (Soviet Union)
The Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union () refers to the Minister (government), head of the Ministry of Defense (Soviet Union), Ministry of Defence who was responsible for defence of the Socialist state, socialist/Communist state, communist Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 to 1922 and the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1992. People's Commissars for Military and Naval Affairs (1917–1934) People's Commissar for the Armed Forces (1946) Ministers of the Armed Forces (1946–1950) Ministers of Defence (1953–1992) See also * College of War * Ministry of War of the Russian Empire * List of heads of the military of Imperial Russia * Ministry of Defense (Soviet Union) * Ministry of Defense Industry (Soviet Union) * Ministry of Defence (Russia) * General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ** Chief of the General Staff (Russia) * Cheget Notes References {{Soviet Defence Ministers Ministers of d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Guchkov
Alexander Ivanovich Guchkov (; 14 October 1862 – 14 February 1936) was a Russian politician, Chairman of the Third Duma and Minister of War in the Russian Provisional Government. Early years Alexander Guchkov was born in Moscow. Unlike most of the conservative politicians of that time, Guchkov did not belong to the Russian nobility. His father, the grandson of a peasant, was a factory owner of some means, whose family came from a stock of Old Believers who had acknowledged the authority of the Russian Orthodox Church while keeping their ancient ritual. His mother was French. Guchkov studied history and humanities at the Moscow State University, and, after having gone through his military training in a grenadier regiment, left for Germany where he read political economy in Berlin under Schmoller. Academic studies were, however, not suited to his active and adventurous character. He gave them up and started traveling. He rode alone on horseback through Mongolia to western Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Vyazmitinov
Count Sergey Kuzmich Vyazmitinov (; 7 October 1744 – 15 October 1819) was a Russian general and statesman. He descended from the ancient noble landowner's family of Ruthenian origin, known from the end of the 15th century. On 22 June 1759 he was recorded as corporal into the Observational Corps, but started service only on 21 December 1761 as ensign of Ukrainian Narodnoe Opolcheniye Corps. In 1762 he was moved into Manezh Company (''Манежная рота''). During the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774 he was aide-de-camp of the Vice President of the War Collegium Count Zakhar Chernyshev, from 1770 he was a ''generals-auditor-lieutenants'' in the rank of premier-major, manager of the affairs of the march office of Chernyshev (from October 1771 of Count Peter Rumyantsev-Zadunaysky). In 1777 he was promoted to colonel and was appointed as the commander of Astrakhan infantry regiment. On 22 September 1786 he obtained the rank of major general and became the commander of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
