List of heads of the military of Imperial Russia

College of War
The Russian College of War (or War Collegium) was created in the course of Government reform of Peter I 11 December 1717.

Presidents

 * Prince Alexander Menshikov 1717–24
 * Prince Anikita Repnin 1724–26
 * Prince Mikhail Golitsin 1728–30
 * Prince Vasiliy Dolgorukov 1730–31
 * Count Burkhard Christoph von Munnich 1732–41
 * Prince Nikita Trubetskoy 1760–63
 * Count Zakhar Chernyshev 1763–74
 * Prince Grigori Potemkin 1774–91
 * Count Nikolay 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
 * Nikolay Sukhozanet 17 April 1856 – 16 May 1861
 * Count Dmitry Milyutin 16 May 1861 – 21 May 1881
 * Pyotr Vannovskiy 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 Aleksandr 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
 * Fyodor Avelan 10 March 1903 – 29 June 1905
 * Aleksey Birilyov 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