Senate
On the 22 February 1711 a new state body was established by ukaz- The Governing Senate (Russian: Правительствующий сенат). All its members were appointed by Tsar Peter I from among his own associates and originally consisted of 10 people. All appointments and resignations of senators occurred by personal imperial decrees. The senate did not interrupt the activity and was the permanent operating state body.
The first members of the Senate were:
- Count Ivan Musin-Pushkin
- Boyar Tikhon Streshnev
- Prince Pyotr Golitsin
- Prince Mikhail Dolgorukov
- Grigori Plemyannikov
- Prince Grigori Volkonsky
- Mikhail Samarin
- Vasiliy Apukhtin
- Nazariy Milnitskiy
- Ober-secretary Anisim Shchukin
Read more about this topic: Government Reform Of Peter The Great
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