Jump to navigation Jump to search The Russian Council of Ministers is an executive governmental council that brings together the principal officers of the Executive Branch of the Russian government. 19th century as part of the Government russian foreign council of Alexander I. The Committee was an advisory board for the Emperor but could only consider matters referred to it by the monarch or when details for implementation of policy were brought to it by ministers. The meetings of the Council were in two parts, “official and secret”.
Alexander Trepov was appointed as crisis manager in the Minister of Railways. Five key ministries would gather on a more regular basis to solve the transport question. On 20 January 1916 Boris Stürmer was appointed as Prime Minister “to the surprise of everyone, and most of all Goremykin, who, as was usual with the Emperor, had never been given the idea that he was even in danger. Pares, Stürmer was prepared to pose as a semi-liberal and would try in this way to keep the Duma quiet.
Boris Stürmer was also appointed on the Ministry of Interior, the most powerful of all, which had under its control governors, police, and a Special Corps of Gendarmes, the uniformed secret police. He had risen to the status of virtual dictator. Early July, Aleksandr Khvostov, Alexei’s uncle, not in good health, was appointed as Minister of the Interior and Makarov as Minister of Justice. Around 6 September, Alexander Protopopov had been invited as Minister of the Interior. Placing the vice-president of the Duma in a key post might improve the relations between the Duma and the throne. The Sovnarkom of the RSFSR was the basis for all Soviet governments, including both Union and republican levels, until 1946, when all of the Sovnarkoms were renamed “Councils of Ministers”.
After the fall of the Soviet Union the Russian Council of Ministers became the chief body of administration for the President of the Russian Federation. At times it consisted of as many as 60 ministries and state committees and up to 12 Vice-Premiers. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Russia and confirmed by the State Duma. The Chairman is second in line to succeed to the Presidency of Russia if the current President dies, is incapacitated or resigns. Emperor Nicholas II and the State Duma Unknown Plans and Missed Opportunities, p.
In: Russian Studies in History, vol. Russia and the Origins of the First World War, p. Vol I: The Revolution divided, p. The PENULTIMATE PRIME Minister of the RUSSIAN EMPIRE A.
