The Russian Council of Ministers is an executive governmental body that brings together the principal officers of the Executive Branch of the Russian government.

Imperial Russia

Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start...

Committee of Ministers

The Ministries and the Committee of Ministers (Комитет Министров) were created 1802 as an advisory board as part of Government reform of Alexander I. However, the Committee had little collective power and functioned as an advisory council to the Emperor as Head of the Government. The Tsar could preside over Committee meetings, but he usually appointed up to two Chairmen as his deputies. --69. ... The early Russian system of government instated by Peter the Great, which consisted of various state committees, each named College with subordinate departments named Prikaz, was largely outdateby by 1800s. ...

Chairmen of the committee of Ministers, 1810 – 1905

• Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev (1810-1812)
• Nikolay Ivanovich Saltykov (1812-1816)
• Pavel Vasilyevich Lopukhin (1816-1827)
• Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey (1827-1834)
• Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev (1834-1838)
• Ivan Vasilyevich Vasilchikov (1838-1847)
• Vasily Vasilyevich Levashov (1847-1848)
• Aleksandr Ivanovich Chernyshov (1848-1856)
• Aleksey Fyodorovich Orlov (1856-1861)
• Dmitry Nikolayevich Bludov (1861-1864)
• Pavel Pavlovich Gagarin (1865-1872)
• Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1872-1879)
• Pyotr Aleksandrovich Valuyev (1879-1881)
• Mikhail Khristoforovich Reutern (1881-1887)
• Nikolai Khristianovich Bunge (1887-1895)
• Ivan Nikolayevich Durnovo (1895-1903)
• Sergei Yulyevich Witte (1903-1905)

The Rumyantsev family were the Russian counts prominent in the imperial politics of the 18th and early 19th century. ... Count Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey (Russian: ) (1768-1834) was a Russian statesman and a close aide of Alexander I of Russia. ... Count Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev (Russian: ) (1761-1836) is Russian statesman and a close aide to Alexander I of Russia. ... Count Grigory Orlov Orlov (Орлов) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. ... Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (17 January (29 January Old Style) 1832 – 20 June (3 July Old Style) 1908) was a Russian statesman and diplomat. ... Portrait by Ivan Kramskoi. ... Ivan Nikolayevich Durnovo (1834 - 1903) was a Russian political figure. ... Sergei Witte (Серге́й Ю́льевич Ви́тте) (June 29, 1849 - March 13, 1915) served as Russian Director of Railway Affairs within the Finance Ministry from 1889 - 1891, Transportation Minister (1892), Finance Minister from 1892...

Council of Ministers

After Nicholas II issued the October Manifesto of 1906 granting civil liberties and a national legislature (Duma and reformed State Council), the Committee was replaced with a Council of Ministers (Совет министров), a real cabinet with its Chairman acting as Prime Minister. As a result, from 1905 until 1917 the Council of Ministers collectively decided the government's policy, tactical direction and served as a buffer between the Emperor and the national legislature. Nicholas II of Russia (May 18, 1868–July 17, 1918)[1] (Russian: , Nikolay II) was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland,[2] and Grand Duke of Finland. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: October Manifesto (in English) Ilya Repin 17 October 1905 The October Manifesto (Russian: ) was issued on October 17, 1905; October 30 in the Gregorian calendar) by Emperor Nicholas II of Russia under the influence of Count Sergei Witte as a response to... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with State Duma. ... The State Council (Государственный Совет) was the supreme state advisory body to Tsar in Imperial Russia. ... A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... A prime minister (aka Gavinder Johal) is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

Soviet Union

The Sovnarkom of the RSFSR was the basis for all Soviet governments, including both Union and republican levels, until 1946, when all of the Sovnarkoms were renamed Council of Ministers. With the leading role of the CPSU fixed in Stalin Constitution of 1936, the governments were little more than the executive bodies of the Central Committee of the CPSU. The leading role was also fixed in Soviet Constitution of 1977 and was not overruled until 1991. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... State motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None (Russian in practice) Capital Moscow Chairman of the Supreme... Soviet redirects here. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = &#1050... The 1936 Soviet constitution, adopted on December 5, 1936, and also known as the Stalin constitution, redesigned the government of the Soviet Union. ... The Central Committee, abbreviated in Russian as ЦК, Tseka, was the highest body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). ... At the Seventh (Special) Session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Ninth Convocation on October 7, 1977, the fourth and last Soviet Constitution, also known as the Brezhnev Constitution, was unanimously adopted. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Russian Federation

After the fall of the Soviet Union the Russian Council of Ministers became the chief body of administration for the President of the Russian Federation. At times it consisted of as many as 60 ministries and state committees and up to 12 Vice-Premiers. After the 2004 reform, Government duties were split between 17 Ministries, 7 Federal Services and over 30 governmental Agencies; only one Deputy to the Premier is appointed. The President of Russia (ru: Президент России is the highest position within the Government of Russia. ...

The Chairman of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the Russian President and confirmed by the State Duma. The Chairman is second in line to succeed to the Presidency of Russia if the current President dies, is incapacitated or resigns. Emblem commemorating the 100 year anniversary of Russia Dumas Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the Russian State Duma since December 2003 The State Duma (Russian: Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), common abbreviation: Госдума (Gosduma)) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (legislature), the upper house being the Federation...

See also

• Prime Minister of Russia
• Premier of the Soviet Union

	Russian Federal Ministries
	Capital: Moscow Ministry of Extraordinary Situations | Russian Ministry of Education | Federal Atomic Energy Agency | Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs | Russian Council of Ministers The Prime Minister of Russia is the current Head of Government of the Russian Federation. ... Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars of the USSR (Председатель Совета Народных Комиссаров СССР; Predsedatel Soveta Narodnykh Komissarov SSSR) (1923-1946) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (Председатель Совета Министров СССР; Predsedatel Soveta Ministrov SSSR) (1946-1991), who... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Flag of the Russian Ministry of Extraordinary Situations The Ministry of Extraordinary Situations of the Russian Federation (EMERCOM) was established on January 10, 1994 by President Boris Yeltsin. ... Russian Ministry of Education oversees education and school accreditation in the Russian Federation. ... The Federal Atomic Energy Agency (FAEA) (Russian: ), often abbreviated as RosAtom () or MinAtom (), is the federal agency of Russia, the regulatory body of the Russian nuclear complex. ... Modern emblem of Russian MVD Russian Gendarme officers in the 1860s The Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del (MVD) (Министерство внутренних дел) was the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the imperial Russia, later USSR, and still bears the same name in Russia. ...