Ministry of the Imperial Court was established in Russia in 1826, and embraced in one institution all the former separate branches of the Court administration.

The Ministry of the Court was under the personal cognizance of His Majesty the Emperor and, therefore, rendered account of all its affairs to his majesty alone. After the February Revolution

February Revolution

The February Revolution of 1917 was the first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. Centered around the then capital Petrograd in March . Its immediate result was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, the end of the Romanov dynasty, and the end of the Russian Empire...

 of 1917, the Ministry was abolished.

Structure

• Minister of the Court
• Assistant minister
• Ministerial council
• General sections
  • Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty
    • Altay and Nerchinsk Metallurgical works (silver and gold mines)
    • Imperial Porcelain Factory
      Imperial Porcelain Factory
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    • Ekaterinburg granite works
    • Principality of Lowicz
      Lowicz
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       in the Kingdom of Poland
      Congress Poland
      The Kingdom of Poland , informally known as Congress Poland , created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, was a personal union of the Russian parcel of Poland with the Russian Empire...
      
      
  • Chancery of the Minister
  • Control
  • Cash department
  • Medical inspection
  • General Archives
• Special sections
  • Section of the Marshal of the Court, for the provisioning of the Imperial Court and the arrangement of receptions.
  • Expedition of Ceremonies
  • Chancery of HIM the Empress
  • The clergy of the Court under the direction of the Protopresbyter of the Cathedral of the Imperial Winter Palace
    Winter Palace
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     and the Cathedral of the Annunciation
    Cathedral of the Annunciation
    The Cathedral of the Annunciation is a Russian Orthodox church dedicated to the Annunciation of the Theotokos. It is located on the southwest side of Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia, where it connects directly to the main building of the complex of the Grand Kremlin Palace,...
    
     in Moscow
  • The private library of His Imperial Majesty
  • The Imperial Hermitage
    Hermitage Museum
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     and its Museum of Arts
  • The Imperial Academy of Arts
    Imperial Academy of Arts
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  • The Imperial Archaeological Commission, which supervised all archaeological research in Russia.
  • Direction of the Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg and Moscow
  • The Court choristers
  • The Imperial band of Musicians
  • The Imperial Stables
  • The Imperial Hunt
  • The electrotechnical section, superintending the lighting of the palaces etc.
  • Company of Court Grenadiers - instituted for distinguishing and rewarding meritorious soldiers. These grenadiers performed sentinel duty at certain monuments and in the palaces etc.
• Chapter of Emperors' and Tsar's Orders
• Chief department of Appanages

See also

• Royal Households of the United Kingdom
  Royal Households of the United Kingdom
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• Maison du Roi
  Maison du Roi
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   (France)
• Imperial Household Ministry (Japan)

Sources

• Statesman's handbook for Russia. 1896.
• Saint Petersburg Encyclopedia