Collegium (ministry)

For other uses, see Collegium (disambiguation).
Building of the Twelve Collegia, 1753 engraving

The Collegium (Russian: Коллегии, lit. 'joined by law') was a type of government department in Imperial Russia. It was established in 1717 by Peter the Great to replace the system of Prikaz.[1] They were housed in the Twelve Collegia building in Vasilyevsky Island, Saint Petersburg. In 1802, the Collegium was incorporated into and gradually replaced by the newly created system of Ministries.

  1. ^ "КОЛЛЕГИИ • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия" [COLLEGIUM • Great Russian encyclopedia - electronic version]. Bigenc.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2023-06-05.