Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire

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The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire was the central government body responsible for managing imperial fiscal policy, taxation, state budgets, and overall financial administration from the early 19th century until the empire’s collapse in 1917.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf finance ministry
government ministry
state institution of the Russian Empire
appliesToJurisdiction Russian Empire
capital Saint Petersburg
country Russian Empire
dissolutionCause Russian Revolution of 1917
dissolved 1917
field budget policy
customs policy
monetary policy
public finance
state credit
state property management
taxation
followedBy Ministry of Finance of the USSR
People's Commissariat for Finance of the RSFSR
hasRole central financial authority of the Russian Empire
headOfGovernmentBody Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire
inception 1802
languageOfWork Russian
location Saint Petersburg
officeHeldBy Egor Kankrin NERFINISHED
Ivan Vyshnegradsky
Mikhail Reutern NERFINISHED
Mikhail Speransky
Nikolai Bunge
Pyotr Bark NERFINISHED
Sergei Witte
Vladimir Kokovtsov NERFINISHED
partOf Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire
imperial ministries system of the Russian Empire
precededBy Collegium of Economy of the Russian Empire
replaced earlier financial collegia of the Russian Empire
residence Saint Petersburg
responsibleFor customs revenues of the Russian Empire
imperial fiscal policy
monetary circulation and coinage policy
regulation of state-owned enterprises
state borrowing and public debt management
state budget of the Russian Empire
tax collection in the Russian Empire
significantEvent financial reforms under Egor Kankrin
introduction of the gold standard in the Russian Empire
monetary and railway finance reforms under Sergei Witte
subordinateTo Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire
Emperor of Russia
timePeriod 19th century
early 20th century
usedScript Cyrillic script

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute ("Russian Empire Ministry of Finance")
founder
Council of Ministers ("Ministry of Finance of the Russian Provisional Government")
hasPart
Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire ("Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire")
headOfGovernmentBody
Russian ruble (Empire)
monetaryAuthority
State Bank of the Russian Empire
parentOrganization
State Bank of the Russian Empire ("Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire")
subordinateTo

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