Supreme Privy Council

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The Supreme Privy Council was a high-level governing body in early 18th-century Russia that wielded significant political power, particularly during periods of succession and regency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governmental body
privy council
appliesDuring accession of Anna of Russia
reign of Catherine I of Russia
reign of Peter II of Russia
appliesToJurisdiction Russia NERFINISHED
country Russian Empire
dissolved 1730
fieldOfWork imperial succession
legislation drafting
state administration
followedBy Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Empire NERFINISHED
governmentForm oligarchic council
hasAuthorityOver domestic policy of the Russian Empire
foreign policy of the Russian Empire
succession arrangements
hasCharacteristic key role during periods of regency and succession crises
operated above the Senate in practice
small number of powerful noble members
hasEffect limited formal authority of the monarch (attempted under Anna)
strengthened power of aristocratic elite
hasMember Aleksey Makarov NERFINISHED
Alexander Menshikov NERFINISHED
Andrey Osterman NERFINISHED
Anna of Russia (initially, as monarch advised) NERFINISHED
Dmitry Golitsyn NERFINISHED
Empress Catherine I of Russia NERFINISHED
Fyodor Apraksin NERFINISHED
Gavriil Golovkin NERFINISHED
Peter II of Russia NERFINISHED
Pyotr Tolstoy NERFINISHED
hasRole advisory body to the monarch
de facto governing cabinet
regency council
inception 1726
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
location Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
memberOf imperial court of Russia NERFINISHED
nativeLabel Верховный тайный совет NERFINISHED
notableWork Conditions of Anna (1730) drafting and imposition NERFINISHED
partOf central government of the Russian Empire
precededBy informal advisory circles of Peter the Great
reasonForAbolition conflict with autocratic rule of Empress Anna
replaces Senate of the Russian Empire (in some functions) NERFINISHED
significantEvent abolished by Empress Anna of Russia
created by Catherine I of Russia
temporalCoverage early 18th century

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Anna appointedBy Supreme Privy Council
subject surface form: Anna of Russia