Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire
# Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire

The Ministry of Justice was one of the Russian Empire's central public institutions and was established on 8 September 1802. The ministry was headed by the Minister of Justice (who was at the same time the Senate Procurator General).

## Structure

* A Board of Consultation for the cases brought from the Senate before the Minister of Justice as Procurator General.
* First Department.
* Second Department.
* The Office of Surveys and the Surveying Institute (since 1870).
* Imperial School of Jurisprudence.
* Moscow Archives of the Ministry of Justice.
* The Council on Prison Affairs and the Chief Prisons Office (since 1895, transferred from Ministry of Interior).
