On 12 December 1717 Peter I established nine collegia or boards which replaced old Prikazs. Each collegium had a President and Vice-President, but some Vice-Presidents were never appointed.
The original nine were:
- Collegium of Foreign Affairs, which replaced Posolsky Prikaz.
- President: Fyodor Golovin.
- Vice-President: Baron Pyotr Shafirov.
- Collegium of State Income (Kamer-kollegiia), or Collegium of Tax Collection, or Revenue.
- President: Prince Dmitry Golitsin.
- Vice-President: Baron Karl Nirot.
- Collegium of Justice, or Collegium of civics.
- President: Andrey Matveev.
- Vice-President: Hermann von Brevern.
- Collegium of Accounting (Revizion-kollegiia), or Revision or Audit Collegium.
- President: Prince Vasily Dolgorukov.
- Vice-President: has not been appointed.
- Collegium of War
- President: Prince Alexander Menshikov.
- Vice-President: Adam Veyde.
- Collegium of the Navy or Amiralteyskiy Collegium.
- President: Count Fyodor Apraksin.
- Vice-President: Cornelius Cruys.
- Collegium of Commerce
- President: Count Pyotr Tolstoy.
- Vice-President: Shmidt.
- Collegium of State Expenses (Shtats-Kontor)
- President: Count Ivan Musin-Pushkin.
- Vice-President: has not been appointed.
- Collegium of Mining and Manufacturing
- President: Jacob Bruce.
- Vice-President: was not appointed.
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