Imperial Russian postal and telegraph administration

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The Imperial Russian postal and telegraph administration was the centralized state body of the Russian Empire responsible for managing and operating its nationwide postal and telegraph communication systems until the 1917 revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency ⓘ
postal administration ⓘ
telegraph administration ⓘ
aimedAt ensuring reliable communication across the Russian Empire ⓘ
category Postal history of Russia ⓘ
Telecommunications in the Russian Empire ⓘ
controlled domestic mail delivery ⓘ
international mail from the Russian Empire ⓘ
telegraph traffic within the Russian Empire ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolutionCause Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
dissolvedIn 1917 ⓘ
employed postal workers ⓘ
telegraph operators ⓘ
existedUntil 1917 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet postal and telegraph authorities ⓘ
headquartersLocation Saint Petersburg ⓘ
implemented postal regulations of the Russian Empire ⓘ
telegraph regulations of the Russian Empire ⓘ
introduced state-controlled telegraph network ⓘ
isPartOf central government of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Tsarist government
jurisdiction territory of the Russian Empire ⓘ
maintained postal routes ⓘ
telegraph lines ⓘ
monitored long-distance communications ⓘ
operatedIn Russian Empire ⓘ
precededBy earlier imperial postal offices ⓘ
regulated postal tariffs ⓘ
telegraph tariffs ⓘ
responsibleFor nationwide postal communication system ⓘ
nationwide telegraph communication system ⓘ
postal services ⓘ
telegraph services ⓘ
sector communications ⓘ
transport ⓘ
subjectTo laws of the Russian Empire ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire ⓘ
supervised post offices of the Russian Empire ⓘ
telegraph stations of the Russian Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
typeOfOrganization centralized state body ⓘ
usedLanguage Russian ⓘ
usedTechnology electric telegraph ⓘ
horse-drawn mail coaches ⓘ
railway mail transport ⓘ

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People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs → replaces → Imperial Russian postal and telegraph administration ⓘ
Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs of the Russian Provisional Government → replaced → Imperial Russian postal and telegraph administration ⓘ
Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs of the Russian Provisional Government → reorganizedFrom → Imperial Russian Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Russian postal and telegraph administration