College of War

The College of War (sometimes War Collegium, or similar, but not to be confused with other institutions of the same name) was a Russian executive body (collegium), created in the government reform of 1717. It was the only of the six original and three new colleges to survive the decentralising reforms of Catherine II of Russia. Under Paul I, it became the model for a newly centralised government. It contained several functional departments operating independently but under the overall supervision of the college and its President; after 1798 there were to be seven sections. In 1802 it became the Ministry of Land Forces, though this resulted in no fundamental change to the nature of the institution.

Presidents

• Prince Alexander Menshikov (1717–24)
• Prince Anikita Repnin (1724–26)
• Prince Mikhail Golitsin (1728–30)
• Prince Vasiliy Dolgorukov (1730–31)
• Count Burkhard Christoph von Munnich (1732–41)
• Prince Nikita Trubetskoy (1760–63)
• Count Zakhar Chernyshev (1763–74)
• Prince Grigory Potemkin (1774–91)
• Count Nikolay Saltykov (1791–1802)

See also

• List of heads of the military of Imperial Russia

References

• Janet M. Hartley (2008). Russia, 1762-1825: military power, the state, and the people. ABC-CLIO. pp. 127–. ISBN 978-0-275-97871-6. Retrieved 9 January 2011. 
• John P. Ledonne (1/2001). "Russian governors general, 1775-1825". Cahiers du monde russe 42: 5–30. Retrieved 9 January 2011.