Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire
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The Ministry of Justice was one of the Russian Empire's central public institutions and was established on 8 September 1802. The ministry was headed by the Minister of Justice (who was at the same time the Senate Procurator General).
Structure[]
- A Board of Consultation for the cases brought from the Senate before the Minister of Justice as Procurator General.
- First Department.
- Second Department.
- The Office of Surveys and the Surveying Institute (since 1870).
- Imperial School of Jurisprudence.
- Moscow Archives of the Ministry of Justice.
- The Council on Prison Affairs and the Chief Prisons Office (since 1895, transferred from Ministry of Interior).
See also[]
- List of Justice Ministers of Imperial Russia
Sources[]
- Statesman handbook for Russia. 1896.
- Encyclopedia of St. Petersburg
Categories:
- Government ministries of the Russian Empire
- 1802 establishments in the Russian Empire
- 1917 disestablishments in Russia