The Ministry of the Imperial Court (russian: Министерство императорского двора) was established in Russia in 1826, and embraced in one institution all the former separate branches of the Court administration.
The Ministry of the Court was under the personal cognizance of
His Majesty the Emperor, and therefore, rendered account of all its affairs to his majesty alone. After the
February Revolution
The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and some ...
of 1917, the Ministry was abolished.
Structure
* Minister of the Court
* Assistant minister
* Ministerial council
* General sections
** Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty
*** Altay and Nerchinsk Metallurgical works (silver and gold mines)
***
Imperial Porcelain Factory
*** Ekaterinburg granite works
*** Principality of
Lowicz in the
Kingdom of Poland
The Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Królestwo Polskie; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a state in Central Europe. It may refer to:
Historical political entities
* Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom existing from 1025 to 1031
* Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exi ...
** Chancery of the Minister
** Control
** Cash department
** Medical inspection
** General Archives
* Special sections
** Section of the Marshal of the Court, for the provisioning of the Imperial Court and the arrangement of receptions.
** Expedition of Ceremonies
** Chancery of HIM the Empress
** The clergy of the Court under the direction of the Protopresbyter of the Cathedral of the Imperial
Winter Palace
The Winter Palace ( rus, Зимний дворец, Zimnij dvorets, p=ˈzʲimnʲɪj dvɐˈrʲɛts) is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the Russian Emperor from 1732 to 1917. The palace and its precincts now ...
and the
Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow
** The private library of His Imperial Majesty
** The
Imperial Hermitage and its Museum of Arts
** The
Imperial Academy of Arts
The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thr ...
** The Imperial Archaeological Commission, which supervised all archaeological research in Russia.
** Direction of the Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg and Moscow
** The Court choristers
** The Imperial band of Musicians
** The Imperial Stables
** The Imperial Hunt
** The electrotechnical section, superintending the lighting of the palaces etc.
** Company of Court Grenadiers - instituted for distinguishing and rewarding meritorious soldiers. These grenadiers performed sentinel duty at certain monuments and in the palaces etc.
* Chapter of Imperial and Royal Orders
* Chief department of Appanages
See also
*
Royal Households of the United Kingdom
The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the collective departments that support members of the British royal family. Many members of the royal family who undertake public duties have separate households. They vary considerably in size, ...
*
Maison du Roi (France)
*
Imperial Household Ministry
The (IHA) is an agency of the government of Japan in charge of state matters concerning the Imperial Family, and also the keeping of the Privy Seal and State Seal of Japan. From around the 8th century AD, up until the Second World War, it ...
(Japan)
Sources
* Statesman's handbook for Russia. 1896.
Saint Petersburg Encyclopedia
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Imperial Court
1826 establishments in the Russian Empire
1917 disestablishments in Russia
Royal households