The highest bureaucracy of the Russian Empire. Brief dictionary

This dictionary includes brief information about representatives of the highest civilian officials of Russia began the beginning of the XVIII - early XX centuries. - persons who had in the actual service of civilian or courtiers of the first four classes on the table of ranks (for the XVIII century - also the fifth grade) In total, more than 22 thousand people took into account the dictionary. Certificates of persons included in the dictionary contain, if possible, last name, name and patronymic, information about birth and origin, the date of receipt of the service and production in the first class rank, the resulting education (in cases of transition from military service, the last military rank with its date obtaining), the date of production in higher ranks, the genus of activity or department (in some cases, the most significant positions engaged in these persons), resignation and death time. For the compilation of the dictionary used primarily nationwide "listings on seniority", other official departmental publications, lists of graduates of various educational institutions, necropolis, genealogical literature. The dictionary aims to give a general idea of ​​the composition of civilian officials of the Russian Empire