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Collegium (ministry)
Type of government department in Russian Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Collegium (disambiguation).
The Collegium (Russian: Коллегии, lit. 'joined by law') was a type of government department in Imperial Russia. It was established in 1717 by Peter the Great to replace the system of Prikaz.[1] They were housed in the Twelve Collegia building in Vasilyevsky Island, Saint Petersburg. In 1802, the Collegium was incorporated into and gradually replaced by the newly created system of Ministries.
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