Mikhail Grigoroevich Akimov (1847-1915) was an Imperial

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

 Russian Politician

Politician

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. After graduating from the University of Moscow, he entered the Ministry of Justice. He served as an Assistant Public Prosecutor in Kiev

Kiev

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, 1881. He was later appointed to the Imperial Senate at an undetermined time. It is known that he was on the roster

Roster

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 of Senators

Senators

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 in December of 1905, because then Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Sergei Witte

Sergei Witte

Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte , also known as Sergius Witte, was a highly influential policy-maker who presided over extensive industrialization within the Russian Empire. He served under the last two emperors of Russia...

 chose him to be the successor of Sergey Manukhin

Sergey Manukhin

Sergey Sergeevich Manukhin was an Imperial Russian Politician.After graduating from the University of Saint Petersburg, he entered the Ministry of Justice. He served in the position of Director of the Ministry's First Department and Assistant Minister of Justice. In 1905 he briefly served as...

 from that list. He served as Minister of Justice in the Witte government for the remainder of Wittes tenure (April 1906). He was appointed to the Imperial State Council in 1906. He was eventually chosen as the Vice Chairman of the Imperial State Council.