Mikhail Akimov
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Mikhail Grigoroevich Akimov (1847-1915) was an Imperial
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

 Russian Politician
Politician
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. After graduating from the University of Moscow, he entered the Ministry of Justice. He served as an Assistant Public Prosecutor in Kiev
Kiev
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, 1881. He was later appointed to the Imperial Senate at an undetermined time. It is known that he was on the roster
Roster
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 of Senators
Senators
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 in December of 1905, because then Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Sergei Witte
Sergei Witte
Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte , also known as Sergius Witte, was a highly influential policy-maker who presided over extensive industrialization within the Russian Empire. He served under the last two emperors of Russia...

 chose him to be the successor of Sergey Manukhin
Sergey Manukhin
Sergey Sergeevich Manukhin was an Imperial Russian Politician.After graduating from the University of Saint Petersburg, he entered the Ministry of Justice. He served in the position of Director of the Ministry's First Department and Assistant Minister of Justice. In 1905 he briefly served as...

 from that list. He served as Minister of Justice in the Witte government for the remainder of Wittes tenure (April 1906). He was appointed to the Imperial State Council in 1906. He was eventually chosen as the Vice Chairman of the Imperial State Council.
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