Ministry of Finance in the Russian Empire
A significant date in the history of the formation of the Russian financial system was September 8, 1802, when the Ministry of Finance was established by the manifesto of Alexander I. During the transformation of the ministries in 1810-1811, the management of the state budget, revenues and expenditures was distributed between three departments: the Ministry of Finance, the State Treasury and State Control. In this paper, we will try to understand how the Ministry of Finance developed, analyze its structure, which has changed in one way or another over a hundred years. Soloviev Y.V. writes about the Ministry of Finance in some detail. in his work "The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire in 1858-1903: organization and functioning." As the name suggests, readers will learn about the functions of the various departments of the Ministry of Finance, as well as its structure in the 19th and 20th centuries.