title: List of heads of the military of Imperial Russia
text: # 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
  