College of War
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The College of War (sometimes War Collegium, or similar, but not to be confused with other institutions of the same name) was a Russian executive body (or
The College of War contained several functional departments which operated independently, but under the overall supervision of the college and its President; after 1798 there were to be seven sections. In 1802 it became the
History
Peter the Great has established it by the decree, in 1719, was announced it establishing, following the example of foreign powers to control military and ground forces, from January 1, 1720, it began to operate.
It had a president, a vice president, 4 advisers (in the ranks of the generals) and 4 assessors (in the regimental ranks). The Military Board had the Chancellery divided into expeditions for the management of cavalry and infantry, for garrison affairs, fortification and artillery management, for keeping logs of incoming and outgoing papers. The procedure for the proceedings in cases was determined by the General Regulation of February 28 (March 10) of 1720. In 1720, in the Military Collegium there were 13 class officials, 47 clerics and 8 other servants, and 454 soldiers and non-commissioned officers attached to the college. In 1720, three foreigners served in the Military Collegium, but 82 full-time members of the college were still vacant due to the lack of qualified specialists [the source is not specified 594 days].
The military board was divided into three expeditions:
- army;
- garrison;
- artillery and fortification.
Moreover, it had the general-auditor, the general-fiscal and the
Subsequently, with the increase in the number of troops, the duties of the higher military administration were to increase too, thus, the new expeditions were established under the military board. In 1798, it was divided into army, garrison, foreign, recruitment, repair and training expeditions; in addition, it has military, counting, inspecting, commissariat, food and artillery, general auditorium, drawing with the archive and Moscow artillery depot expeditions.
A few decades later (September 7, 1802) under Alexander I, the military board was transformed into a military ministry.
Presidents
The highest official in the management body was the president (of the year).
- Prince Alexander Menshikov (1717–24)
- Prince Anikita Repnin (1724–26)
- Prince Mikhail Golitsin(1728–30)
- Prince Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov (1730–31)
- Count Burkhard Christoph von Munnich(1732–41)
- Prince Nikita Trubetskoy (1760–63)
- Count Zakhar Chernyshev(1763–74)
- Prince Grigory Potemkin (1774–91)
- Count Nikolay Saltykov(1791–1802)
Vice presidents
The vice-president (of the year) was the deputy top executive in the management body:
- Herman Jensen Bohn (1727—1731)
- Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (1731—1732)
- Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin (1742—?)
- Zakhar Chernyshev (1762—?)
- Nikolai Saltykov (1773—74)
- Grigory Potemkin (1774—1784)
- Valentin Platonovich Musin-Pushkin(1786—?)
See also
References
- Janet M. Hartley (2008). Russia, 1762-1825: military power, the state, and the people. ABC-CLIO. pp. 127–. ISBN 978-0-275-97871-6. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- John P. Ledonne (January 2001). "Russian governors general, 1775-1825". Cahiers du monde russe. 42: 5–30. Retrieved 9 January 2011.