Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire

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The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire was the central governmental body responsible for overseeing the judicial system, legal administration, and prosecution in imperial Russia from the early 19th century until the 1917 revolution.

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Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government ministry
justice ministry
appliesToJurisdiction Russian Empire
archivesAt Russian State Historical Archive
capital Saint Petersburg
continent Asia
Europe
country Russian Empire
dissolutionCause Russian Revolution of 1917
linked to: Russian Revolution
dissolved 1917
employer imperial judges of the Russian Empire
imperial prosecutors of the Russian Empire
judicial investigators of the Russian Empire
follows Petrine collegial system of justice administration
foundedBy Alexander I of Russia
hasJurisdictionOver civil courts of the Russian Empire
commercial courts of the Russian Empire
linked to: commercial courts

criminal courts of the Russian Empire
hasOfficeHolder Dmitry Zamyatin
Ivan Shcheglovitov
Nikolay Muravyov
Sergey Manukhin NERFINISHED
Vladimir Nabokov (senior)
hasPart Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Empire
judicial departments of the Russian Empire
prison administration of the Russian Empire
headquartersLocation Saint Petersburg
inception 1802
jurisdiction courts of the Russian Empire
prosecutorial bodies of the Russian Empire
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Saint Petersburg Governorate
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment Minister of Justice of the Russian Empire
officialLanguage Russian
partOf Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire
positionHeld Minister of Justice of the Russian Empire
precededBy Collegium of Justice of the Russian Empire
replacedBy People's Commissariat for Justice of the RSFSR
responsibleFor implementation of judicial reforms in the Russian Empire
judicial system of the Russian Empire
legal administration in the Russian Empire
public prosecution in the Russian Empire
supervision of courts in the Russian Empire
seeAlso Judicial reform of 1864 in the Russian Empire
subordinateTo Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire
Emperor of Russia
linked to: Tsar of Russia
timePeriod 19th century
early 20th century

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Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government replaces Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire