Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire

Ministry of Justice — one of the Russian Empire's central public institutions.

Established on 8 September 1802. The Ministry was headed by the Minister (who was at the same time Senate

Governing Senate

The Governing Senate was a legislative, judicial, and executive body of Russian Monarchs, instituted by Peter the Great to replace the Boyar Duma and lasted until the very end of the Russian Empire. It was chaired by the Ober-Procurator...

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
Imperial School of Jurisprudence
The Imperial School of Jurisprudence was, along with the Page Corps, the most prestigious school for noble boys in Saint Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire....

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Moscow Archives of the Ministry of Justice.
The Council on Prison Affairs and the Chief Prisons Office. (since 1895, transferred from Ministry of Interior)

Sources

Statesman handbook for Russia. 1896.
Encyclopedia of St. Petersburg

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