List of heads of the military of Imperial Russia
# List of heads of the military of Imperial Russia

This article presents the heads of the military departments of the Russian Empire.

## College of War

The Russian College of War (or War Collegium) was created in the course of Government reform of Peter the Great 11 December 1717.

### Presidents

* Prince Alexander Menshikov 1717–24
* Prince Anikita Repnin 1724–26
* Prince Mikhail Golitsyn 1728–30
* Prince Vasiliy Dolgorukov 1730–31
* Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich 1732–41
* Prince Nikita Trubetskoy 1760–63
* Count Zakhar Chernyshev 1763–74
* Prince Grigory Potemkin 1774–91
* Count Nikolai Saltykov 1791–1802

## Ministry of Land Forces

Collegiums were replaced by Ministries as part of the Government reform of Alexander I.

* Count Sergey Vyazmitinov 8 September 1802 – 13 January 1808
* Count Aleksey Arakcheyev 13 January 1808 – 1 January 1810
* Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly 20 January 1810 – 24 August 1812
* Prince Aleksey Gorchakov 24 August 1812 – 12 December 1815 acting

## Ministry of War

On 17 December 1815 the Ministry of Land Forces was renamed to the Ministry of War.

* Count Pyotr Konovnitsyn 12 December 1815 – 6 May 1819
* Baron Pyotr Meller-Zakomelskiy 6 May 1819 – 14 March 1823
* Count Aleksander Tatischev 14 March 1823 – 26 August 1827
* Prince Alexander Chernyshyov 26 August 1827 – 26 August 1852
* Prince Vasily Dolgorukov 26 August 1852 – 17 April 1856
* Nikolai Sukhozanet 17 April 1856 – 16 May 1861
* Count Dmitry Milyutin 16 May 1861 – 21 May 1881
* Pyotr Vannovsky 22 May 1881 – 1 January 1898
* Aleksey Kuropatkin 1 January 1898 – 7 February 1904
* Viktor Sakharov 11 March 1904 – 21 June 1905
* Aleksandr Roediger 21 June 1905 – 11 March 1909
* Vladimir Sukhomlinov 11 March 1909 – 13 June 1915
* Alexei Polivanov 13 June 1915 – 15 March 1916
* Dmitry Shuvayev 15 March 1916 – 3 January 1917
* Mikhail Belyaev 3 January 1917 – 28 February 1917
* Alexander Guchkov 1 March 1917 – 30 April 1917

## Ministry of Sea Forces

* Count Nikolay Mordvinov 8 September 1802 – 28 December 1802
* Pavel Chichagov 31 December 1802 – 28 November 1811
* Ivan de Traverse 28 November 1811 – 17 December 1815

## Ministry of the Navy

On 17 December 1815 the Ministry of Sea Forces was renamed, becoming the Ministry of the Navy.

* Ivan de Traverse 17 December 1815 – 24 March 1828
* Anton Moller 24 March 1828 – 5 February 1836
* Prince Alexander Menshikov 5 February 1836 – 23 February 1855
* Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel 18 May 1855 – 27 July 1857
* Nikolay Metlin 27 July 1857 – 18 September 1860
* Nikolay Karlovich Krabbe 19 September 1860 – 3 January 1876
* Stepan Lesovskiy 12 January 1876 – 23 June 1880
* Aleksey Peschurov 23 June 1880 – 11 January 1882
* Ivan Shestakov 11 January 1882 – 21 November 1888
* Nikolay Chikhachyov 28 November 1888 – 13 July 1896
* Pyotr Tyrtov 13 July 1896 – 4 March 1903
* Theodor Avellan 10 March 1903 – 29 June 1905
* Aleksei Birilev 29 June 1905 – 11 January 1907
* Ivan Dikov 11 January 1907 – 8 January 1909
* Stepan Voevodskiy 8 January 1909 – 18 March 1911
* Ivan Grigorovich 19 March 1911 – 28 February 1917
* Alexander Guchkov 1 March 1917 – 30 April 1917
