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The subject index / Military Collegium

Military Collegium


Categories / Army. Navy/Military Administration
Categories / Capital/Superior and Central State Institutions

MILITARY COLLEGIUM, a central government institution, army headquarters. Founded in 1719. The collegium occupied various buildings in the Admiralteyskaya and Liteinaya sections of the city; aside from this, a part of the Twelve Collegiums Building was meant for the Military Collegium, though in 1737-44 it accommodated only the Archive of Settled Cases. In 1802, the Military Collegium formed a part of the Ministry of War, and was abolished in 1806.

References: Бескровный Л. Г. Русская армия и флот в XVIII веке: (Очерки). М., 1958.

G. V. Kalashnikov.

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Бескровный Л. Г. Русская армия и флот в XVIII веке: (Очерки). М., 1958

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