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 NERFINISHED
dissolvedIn 1917
employed postal workers
telegraph operators
existedUntil 1917
followedBy Soviet postal and telegraph authorities
headquartersLocation Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
jurisdiction territory of the Russian Empire
maintained postal routes
telegraph lines
monitored long-distance communications
operatedIn Russian Empire NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 postal and telegraph administration
this entity surface form: Imperial Russian Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs